effemino
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See also: effeminò
Italian[edit]
Verb[edit]
effemino
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- effœminō (Medieval Latin)
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /efˈfeː.mi.noː/, [ɛfˈfeːmɪnoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /efˈfe.mi.no/, [efˈfɛːmino]
Verb[edit]
effēminō (present infinitive effēmināre, perfect active effēmināvī, supine effēminātum); first conjugation
- to weaken or enervate
- to make feminine or emasculate
- Synonym: molliō
Conjugation[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- English: effeminate
- French: efféminer
- Italian: effeminare
- Spanish efeminar, afeminar
References[edit]
- “effemino”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “effemino”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- effemino in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette