sexus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *seksus, from Proto-Indo-European *séksus, from *sek- (“to cut”), thus meaning section, division (into male and female).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsek.sus/, [ˈsɛk.sʊs]

Noun

sexus m (genitive sexūs); fourth declension

  1. division
  2. sex; gender

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sexus sexūs
Genitive sexūs sexuum
Dative sexuī sexibus
Accusative sexum sexūs
Ablative sexū sexibus
Vocative sexus sexūs

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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
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