muliebris

muliebris

Latin

Etymology

For *muliesris, from mulier (“woman”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /muˈli.e.bris/, [mʊˈlʲiɛbrɪs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /muˈli.e.bris/, [muˈliːebris]

Adjective

muliebris (neuter muliebre, adverb muliebriter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. of a woman, womanly, feminine, female
2. (derogatory) effeminate, womanish, unmanly

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	muliebris	muliebre		muliebrēs	muliebria
Genitive	muliebris			muliebrium
Dative	muliebrī			muliebribus
Accusative	muliebrem	muliebre		muliebrēs muliebrīs	muliebria
Ablative	muliebrī			muliebribus
Vocative	muliebris	muliebre		muliebrēs	muliebria

Synonyms

• (feminine): fēminīnus

Antonyms

• (feminine): masculīnus, masculus

Derived terms

• muliebritās
• muliebriter
• vās muliebre

Related terms

• muliebrōsus
• mulier
• mulierārius
• muliercula
• mulierculārius
• mulieritās
• mulierō
• mulierōsitās
• mulierōsus

 

Descendants

• → English: muliebral
• → Italian: muliebre

References

• “muliebris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “muliebris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• muliebris 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
    
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN