virilis

Latin

Etymology

vir (“man”, “male human”) +‎ -īlis (suffix forming adjectives from nouns)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯iˈriː.lis/, [u̯ɪˈriːlʲɪs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /viˈri.lis/, [viˈriːlis]

Adjective

virīlis (neuter virīle, comparative virīlior, superlative virīlissimus, adverb virīliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

manly, masculine, virile
mature

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
Nominative	virīlis	virīle	virīlēs	virīlia
Genitive	virīlis		virīlium
Dative	virīlī		virīlibus
Accusative	virīlem	virīle	virīlēs virīlīs	virīlia
Ablative	virīlī		virīlibus
Vocative	virīlis	virīle	virīlēs	virīlia

Synonyms

(manly): virātus (Late Latin)

Derived terms

membrum virīle
toga virīlis

Descendants

Catalan: viril
Dutch: viriel
English: virile
French: viril, virile
Galician: viril, virilla
Italian: virile
Portuguese: viril, virilha
Romanian: viril
Spanish: viril

References

“virilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“virilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
virilis 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)
virilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- as well as I can; to the best of my ability: pro virili parte (cf. sect. V. 22.)
- the male, female sex: sexus (not genus) virilis, muliebris
- manhood: aetas constans, media, firmata, corroborata (not virilis)
- to assume the toga virilis: togam virilem (puram) sumere