Latin Feminine
English Feminine | Latin Feminine |
---|---|
man | vir |
woman | mulier |
father | pater |
mother | mater |
How do you know if a Latin word is feminine?
Nouns of the first declension, with a nominative in –a, are feminine. Those of the second declension end in –us or –um and are masculine and neuter, respectively. Nouns of the fourth declension end in –us or –u and are masculine and neuter, respectively. And nouns of the fifth declension end in –es and are feminine.
Does Latin have feminine?
All Latin nouns have a gender – they are either masculine, feminine or neuter.
Are Latin words gendered?
Latin has three grammatical genders: masculine, feminine, and neuter. In most cases, we can predict Latin noun gender in one of two ways: based on a noun's meaning OR. based on its declension and its nominative singular ending.