femineus

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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fēmina +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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fēmineus (feminine fēminea, neuter fēmineum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. womanly, feminine
  2. effeminate, unmanly

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

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  • Spanish: femíneo

References

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  • femineus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • femineus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • femineus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.