sex
sex
subs.
P. γένος, τό, Ar. φῦλον, τό (Xen.).
The male sex: P. and V. οἱ ἄρσενες, τὸ ἄρσεν.
The female sex: P. and V. τὸ θῆλυ, P. θήλεια φύσις, ἡ, V. θῆλυς σπορά, ἡ, τὸ θῆλυ γένος.
Of the male sex, adj.: P. and V. ἄρσην.
Of the female sex: P. and V. θῆλυς, V. θηλύσπορος.
Great is your glory if you do not fall below the standart of your sex: P. τῆς . . . ὑπαρχούσης φύσεως μὴ χείροσι γενέσθαι ὑμῖν μεγάλη ἡ δόξα (Thuc. 2.45).
Sparing neither age nor sex: see Thuc. 7.29.
subs.
P. γένος, τό, Ar. φῦλον, τό (Xen.).
The male sex: P. and V. οἱ ἄρσενες, τὸ ἄρσεν.
The female sex: P. and V. τὸ θῆλυ, P. θήλεια φύσις, ἡ, V. θῆλυς σπορά, ἡ, τὸ θῆλυ γένος.
Of the male sex, adj.: P. and V. ἄρσην.
Of the female sex: P. and V. θῆλυς, V. θηλύσπορος.
Great is your glory if you do not fall below the standart of your sex: P. τῆς . . . ὑπαρχούσης φύσεως μὴ χείροσι γενέσθαι ὑμῖν μεγάλη ἡ δόξα (Thuc. 2.45).
Sparing neither age nor sex: see Thuc. 7.29.
SEX
sexus -ūs. The male sex sexus virilis: the female sex sexus muliebris; sexus femineus (Suet. Calig.); genus femineum (Verg.); mulieres plur. (Plaut.). Children of both sexes liberi utriusque sexus (Suet.); liberi virilis ac muliebris sexus omnes (after Liv. 31 44 4). Without any distinction of sex sine ullo sexus discrimine (Suet. Cal. 3). To forget their sex (of a woman) sexum egredi (Tac.). To make separate baths for the two sexes lavacra pro sexibus separare (Spart. Hadr. 18 fin.).
sexus -ūs. The male sex sexus virilis: the female sex sexus muliebris; sexus femineus (Suet. Calig.); genus femineum (Verg.); mulieres plur. (Plaut.). Children of both sexes liberi utriusque sexus (Suet.); liberi virilis ac muliebris sexus omnes (after Liv. 31 44 4). Without any distinction of sex sine ullo sexus discrimine (Suet. Cal. 3). To forget their sex (of a woman) sexum egredi (Tac.). To make separate baths for the two sexes lavacra pro sexibus separare (Spart. Hadr. 18 fin.).
sex:
1. sexus, ūs, m.: the human race is considered in respect of s., whether it is male or female, hominum genus in sexu consideratur, virile an muliebre sit, Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 35: a child was born of doubtful s., between a male and a female, natus ambiguo inter marem ac feminam sexu infans, Liv. 27, 11, init.: the different s.s, diversi s., Quint. 9, 3, 63.
2. form sĕcus, indecl. n. (used by best writers depending upon another subs. expressed or understood): ten thousand freemen of the male s., liberorum capitum virile s. ad decem millia, Liv. 26, 47, init.: a multitude of the besieged, of every age, of the male and female s., multitudo obsessorum omnis aetatis, virile ac muliebre s., Tac. H. 5, 13: cf. id. A. 4, 62.
1. sexus, ūs, m.: the human race is considered in respect of s., whether it is male or female, hominum genus in sexu consideratur, virile an muliebre sit, Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 35: a child was born of doubtful s., between a male and a female, natus ambiguo inter marem ac feminam sexu infans, Liv. 27, 11, init.: the different s.s, diversi s., Quint. 9, 3, 63.
2. form sĕcus, indecl. n. (used by best writers depending upon another subs. expressed or understood): ten thousand freemen of the male s., liberorum capitum virile s. ad decem millia, Liv. 26, 47, init.: a multitude of the besieged, of every age, of the male and female s., multitudo obsessorum omnis aetatis, virile ac muliebre s., Tac. H. 5, 13: cf. id. A. 4, 62.