mâs, maris (n. mare, rare; gen. plur marium, Cic. Part. Or. 10, 35; Mel. 3, 9, 5), adj. [prob. from Sanscrit root man, think; manus, man, human being; cf.: memini, moneo, etc.], male, masculine, of the male sex: mare et femineum sexus, App. de Mund. p. 66 med.: maribus (sc. diis), Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29: si marem (anguem) emisisset ... si feminam, etc., id. Div. 1, 18, 36; id. Part. Or. 10; so, emissio, êmissio, ônis, f. [id.], a sending out, darting forth (rare). I. Prop., a letting go: radiorum ex oculis, a darting forth, Gell. 5, 16, 2: mortui sunt in emissione, in exile, Vulg. Baruch. 2, 25.--*
II. Meton., power of projecting or hurling; in plur.: graviores telorum, Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57; a letting go, releasing: anguis, maris anguis (opp. emissio feminae anguis), id. Div. 2, 29, 62: mas vitellus, a male yolk, i. e. which would produce a male chick, Hor. S. 2, 4, 14.--Of plants: ure mares oleas, Ov. F. 4, 741.--
B. Transf., masculine, manly, brave (poet.): quod mares homines amant, Plaut. Poen. 5.5.32: maribus Curiis, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 64: animi, id. A. P. 402: male mas, unmanly, effeminate, Cat. 16.13: atque marem strepitum fidis intendisse Latinae, i. e. a manly, noble strain, Pers. 6, 4.--As subst.:mâs, mâris, a male (opp. femina, v. infra).
masculînus, a, um, adj. [masculus], male, masculine; of human beings, animals, and plants (not in Cic.; perh. not ante-Aug.).
I. Lit.: membra, the male parts, Phaedr. 4, 14, 15: facies, App. M. 7, p. 190, 20: rapa rotunda masculini sexus, Plin. 19, 5, 25, § 75.--
II. Transf.
a. (Cf. masculus, II. B.) Manly, worthy of manhood: masculini viri, v. l. Quint. 5, 12, 20; al. leg. masculi.--b. In gram., of gender, masculine: masculina Graeca nomina, Quint. 1, 5, 61: ut si quaeratur, funis masculinum sit an femininum,
A. masculînê, in the masculine gender, Arn. 1, 36: masculine etiam dicebant frontem, Paul. ex Fest. p. 151 Müll.: caelum masculine veteres dixerunt, Charis. p. 55 P. --*
B. masculîniter, in the masculine gender, Vet. Interpr. Iren. 1, 1.
...masculêtum, i, n. [id.], a place where male plants are planted
...masculesco, ere, v. inch. n. [masculus], to become or turn male: densiore satu (rapa) masculescere, Plin. 18, 13, 34, § 129.
...mascarpio, ônis, m. [mas-carpo], i. q. masturbator, Petr. 134, 5 dub.
...cûlus, i, m. [perh. kindr. with koîlos, of a curving form; cf. 1. anus], the posteriors, fundament, Cat.23.19; 33.4; 97.2
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...culullus, i, m. (acc. to Acro upon Hor. C. 1.31.11, orig. a sacrificial vessel for liquids; later, in gen.), a drinking-vessel, beaker, goblet, cup, bowl, Hor. l. l.
Well George, it looks like the word "masculine" is all-about-a- johnson...
...[Greek] phallus, i, m., = phallos, a figure of an obscene shape, carried about at the festival of Bacchus, originally a symbol of the generative power of nature; a phallus, Arn. 5, 176; cf.
...phallovitrobolus, i, m., or -vitro-bolum, i, n., a drinking-vessel shaped like a phallus, (Momms. vitro, fundibuli).
I'm not that familiar with GS's gender-politique...I know She has dedicated Her life to Her cause.
To answer your question...if we're using the word "masculine" to describe the "male" characteristics, I'd have to say, no. |
