virilis

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Latin

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. manly, masculine, virile
  2. mature

Declension

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Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
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

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References

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  • 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[1], 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