sexus
Latin
Etymology
Unknown, of uncertain origin; compare secō (“cut”), via supine sectum, with a similar consonant mutation from /kt/ to /ks/ written x, as in vehō, vēxō and flectō, flexum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsek.sus/
Noun
sexus m (genitive sexūs); fourth declension
Inflection
Fourth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sexus | sexūs |
| genitive | sexūs | sexuum |
| dative | sexuī | sexibus |
| accusative | sexum | sexūs |
| ablative | sexū | sexibus |
| vocative | sexus | sexūs |
Synonyms
- (sex): secus
Descendants
References
- sexus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sexus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sexus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- sexus 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
- the male, female sex: sexus (not genus) virilis, muliebris
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