sexus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *seksus, from Proto-Indo-European *séksus, from *sek- (“to cut”), thus meaning section, division (into male and female).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsek.sus/, [ˈsɛk.sʊs]
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | sexus | sexūs |
Genitive | sexūs | sexuum |
Dative | sexuī | sexibus |
Accusative | sexum | sexūs |
Ablative | sexū | sexibus |
Vocative | sexus | sexūs |
Synonyms
- (sex): secus
Descendants
References
- sexus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sexus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sexus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- sexus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the male, female sex: sexus (not genus) virilis, muliebris
- the male, female sex: sexus (not genus) virilis, muliebris
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