masclus

masclus

Latin

Etymology

From Classical Latin masculus (mās +‎ -culus) via syncope of unstressed intertonic /u/.

Pronunciation

• (Proto-Romance) IPA^(key): /ˈmasklʊs/

Noun

masclus m (genitive masclī); second declension

1. (Late Latin, proscribed) Alternative form of masculus: male
   • 3rd–4th century, Appendix Probi:

     masculus non masclus

     [Say or write] masculus, not masclus.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	masclus	masclī
Genitive	masclī	masclōrum
Dative	masclō	masclīs
Accusative	masclum	masclōs
Ablative	masclō	masclīs
Vocative	mascle	masclī

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: mascur
  • Megleno-Romanian: mascur
  • Romanian: mascur, mascul
  • → Albanian: mashkull
• Dalmatian:
  • muosclo
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: maschiu
  • Italian: maschio, mastio (Tuscan)
  • Neapolitan: mascolo
  • Sicilian: màsculu
• North Italian:
  • Emilian: masc', masti
  • Friulian: mascli, mascjo
  • Istriot: mas'cio
  • Ligurian: màsccio, màscci
  • Lombard: mas'c, mah'c, mar'c
  • Piedmontese: mas-cc
  • Romagnol: masc', masc'e
  • Romansch: mastgel, mascal, mascel, mes-cel, mas-cel
  • Venetian: mas-cio, mascio
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: mâcllo, mâtllo, mâhcllo
  • Old French: masle
    • French: mâle
    • → English: male
  • Picard: merle
  • Walloon: mâie, maul
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: mascle
  • Occitan: mascle
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: masclo, masto, mascllo (Ribagorçan)
  • Asturian: machu
  • Galician: macho
  • Portuguese: macho
  • Spanish: macho
    • → English: macho
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian:

    Campidanese: mascru, mascu, mascuru, masculu

    Logudorese: masciu, masculu

    Nuorese: mascru

References

• masclus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)