How did the Romans refer to people of unknown gender?

1. What is neutral gender in Latin?
2. Did Latin words have a gender?
3. Does Latin have gendered pronouns?
4. What are the three genders Latin?

What is neutral gender in Latin?

Neuter gender. Along with masculine and feminine, Latin also has a neuter gender meaning “neither,” that is neither masculine nor feminine. Thus neuter gender is often applied to things which don't have a natural gender, words like: “war” bellum, “iron” ferrum, or “danger” periculum.

Did Latin words have a gender?

Latin has three grammatical genders: masculine, feminine, and neuter. In most cases, we can predict Latin noun gender based on a noun's meaning or else based on its declension and its nominative singular ending. Dictionaries and grammar books are not usually necessary.

Does Latin have gendered pronouns?

All Latin nouns have a gender – they are either masculine, feminine or neuter. Even charters and parishes have a gender! In English we give some nouns a gender, for example we sometimes describe ships as 'she'.

What are the three genders Latin?

There are three Genders in Latin: Masculine, Feminine, and Neuter. 30. The gender of Latin nouns is either natural or grammatical.