sexus

sexus, ūs (abl. plur. sexibus, Spart. Hadr. 18, 10 al.; but sexubus, Jul. Val. Rer. G. Alex. 1, 36), m., or sĕcus, indecl. n. [root sec- of seco; hence properly, a division, segment].

• I A sex, male or female (of men and beasts).
• • • • • α Form sexus: hominum genus et in sexu consideratur, virile an muliebre sit, Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 35; cf.: natus ambiguo inter marem ac feminam sexu infans, Liv. 27, 11; and: mare et femineum sexus, App de Mundo, c. 20, p. 66 med.: feminarum sexus, Plin. 7, 52, 53, § 175: virilis sexus, Pac. ap. Fest. p. 334 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 70 Rib.); Plin. 10, 55, 76, § 154 orbus virili sexu, Afran. ap. Fest. l. l. (Com. Rel. p. 166 Rib.): liberi sexūs virilis, Suet. Aug. 101; Front. Strat. 1, 11, 6: puberes virilis sexūs, Liv. 26, 34: tres (liberi) sexūs feminini, Suet. Calig. 7; cf. Plin. 27, 2, 2, § 4; cf.: juvenes utriusque sexūs, Suet. Aug. 31: liberi, id. ib. 100; id. Vit. 6; id. Tib. 43: sine ullo sexūs discrimine, id. Calig. 8; Tac. A. 16, 10 fin. et saep.—Plur.: (συνεζευγμένον) jungit et diversos sexus, ut cum marem feminamque filios dicimus, Quint. 9, 3, 63: lavacra pro sexibus separavit, Spart. Hadr. 18 fin.—
        • β Form secus (in the poets and historians, in the latter usually virile or muliebre secus, as an acc. resp. or limiting accusative, equivalent to the genitive or ablative of quality; v. Zumpt, Lat. Gram. § 428, for the preceding virilis sexūs, the male sex): filiolam ego unam habui, Virile secus numquam ullum habui, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 19 (107): virile secus, Asell. ap. Gell. 2, 13, 5: quod ejus virile secus futurum est, Varr. ib. 3, 10, 7: secus muliebre, Aus. Idyll. 11, 8: puerile, id. Epigr. 70, 6: virile ac muliebre secus populi multitudo, Sisenn. ap. Non. 222, 27: concurrentium undique virile et muliebre secus, Sall. H. Fragm. ib. 25; and in Macr. S. 2, 9 (p. 228 Gerl.): ut Philippi statuae ... item majorum ejus virile ac muliebre secus omnium tollerentur, Liv. 31, 44, 4: multitudinem obsessorum omnis aetatis, virile ac muliebre secus, Tac. H. 5, 13: praedas hominum virile et muliebre secus agebant, Amm.29, 6, 8 et saep.: liberorum capitum virile secus ad decem milia capta, Liv. 26, 47, 1: athletarum spectaculo muliebre secus omnes adeo summovit, ut, etc., Suet. Aug. 44 fin.: destinatum Lacedaemoniis omnes virile secus interficere, Front. Strat. 1, 11, 6.—Rarely as nom.: affluxere avidi talium ... virile ac muliebre secus, omnis aetas, Tac. A. 4, 62: tres ordine partae, Vesta, Ceres et Juno, secus muliebre, sorores, Aus. Idyll. 11, 7; or as object of a verb: cur ex his unum secus virile designet, Arn. 1, 59; 5, 25: promiscue virile et muliebre secus trucidabant, Amm.16, 11, 9; 27, 10, 2.—
• II Transf.
• • A A sex, of plants and minerals, Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 31; 12, 14, 32, § 61; 36, 16, 25, § 128; 36, 21, 39, § 149.—
  • B The sexual organs, Plin. 22, 8, 9, § 20; Lact. 1, 21, 16.

sexus, ūs, m. (zu secare), I) das männliche u. weibliche Geschlecht, a) v. Menschen: hominum genus et in sexu consideratur, virile an muliebre sit, Cic.: liberi utriusque sexus, Suet.: verenda utriusque sexus, Plin.: sexus infirmus (v. weibl. Geschlechte), Lact.: u. so sexus infirmitas, Lact.: sexus validior et infirmior, Augustin.: Plur., diversi sexus, Quint.: quoniam sunt ex duobus sexibus nati, Lact. – v. Zwittern, homines utriusque sexus, Plin.; vgl. natus ambiguo inter marem et feminam sexu infans, Zwitter, Liv. – b) v. Tieren, Plin. – c) v. Bäumen, Steinen usw., Plin. – II) meton., das Geschlechtsglied, Plin. 22, 20. Lact. 1, 21, 16. – ➳ Abl. Plur. sexibus, Spart. Hadr. 18, 10. Lact. 1, 8, 4; 1, 16, 16. Arnob. 3, 20 u. 7, 19: aber sexubus, Iul. Val. 1, 36 (35).

sexus [CL] 1 the state of or spec. qualities assoc. w. being male or female, sex, gender; b (w. ref. to plant); c (by anal., w. ref. to supposed planetary influence). d (transf., the) genitals. e (casto ~u as adv. phr., app.) in a state of sexual abstinence, celibately, chastely. quendam hominem ‥ utriusque ~us ‥ qui tamen ‥ plus ‥ virilis quam muliebris apparuit Lib. Monstr. I 1; quanta caterva credentium in utroque ~u [gl.: i. gradu, i. viri et femine, et masculini et feminini] Aldh. VirgP 36; sexum simulans ‥ tonsura virilis Id. VirgV 1893; in natura ~us, natio, patria, cognatio, aetas consideratur: in ~u vir an mulier Alcuin Rhet. 25; ~us, werhad oððe wifhad Ælf. Gram. 297; ne ergo posset putari quod ille homo esset duorum ~uum S. Langton Gl. Hist. Schol. 50; quedam aves in coitu non servant ~um, sed saltat femina super feminam, et masculus super marem Bart. Angl. XIX 15; s1455 cujuscumque ~sus ‥ aut etatis Reg. Whet. I 170.  b queritur de ~u plantarum, et primo queritur quid sit sexus ‥. dico quod aptitudo generandi et potentia per decisionem seminis facit sexum Bacon XI 204.  c de quolibet gradu ceteras dignitates essenciales quas ibi habent planete, et ‥ ~us et qualitates ipsorum graduum in se Elveden Cal. 5; ~us: masculini ‥ masculus ‥ feminini ‥ masculini ‥ feminini Ib. 6.  d incipiunt pili paulatim oriri ‥ sub assellis et circa ~um deorsum M. Scot Phys. 2.  e sic sacrata Deo casto [v. l. caste] virguncula sexu / vixerat in terris Aldh. VirgV 2171. 2 (meton.) those belonging to one sex or the other, males or females collectively, (in phr. utriusque ~us or sim., people) of both sexes together, (group consisting) of both men and women. ceteros ‥ utriusque ~us ‥ in acie Christi perstantes Gildas EB 10; quanta multitudo promiscui ~us [gl.: ~us utreque natura, genus masculina et feminina] illorum ‥ ad fidem catholicam ‥ confluxerit Aldh. VirgP 35; numerosa utriusque ~us [gl.: virorum ac feminarum, i. masculini et feminini] caterva Ib. 37; cultus gemini ~us [gl.: utriusque gradus] Ib. 58; non parvam hominum multitudinem utriusque ~us Bede HE I 7 p. 20; 9‥ ut novetur sexus omnis / unctione chrismatis Anal. Hymn. LI 77. 5; quod solummodo ‥ commixtio utriusque ~us causa prolis generande ‥ inculpabilis est Gros. DM 6. 18; 1287 remanent ‥ xxxix porcelli utriusque ~us Rec. Elton 27; utriusque ~us admirabilis multitudo Dieul. f. 146. 2. 3 (w. muliebris or femininus) females collectively, women (as a class); b (w. inferior, infirmior, fragilis, or secundus). feminini ~us Aldh. VirgP 39 (v. 4b infra); ut ne ~ui quidem muliebri ‥ parceret Bede HE II 20 p. 125; muliebrem ~um in omni malitia ‥ fortiorem Gir. TH I 12 p. 36; ~ui muliebri Fortescue NLN II 62 (v. 4a infra).  b quattuor milia virorum, excepta secundi ~us caterva Aldh. Met. 2 p. 67; inclitas ‥ secundi ~us [gl.: i. feminini gradus] personas Id. VirgP 39 (v. 4a infra); W. Malm. Mir. Mariae 211 (v. 4b infra); primo ‥ infirmiori ~ui tendit insidias J. Ford Serm. 101. 3; ad ‥ infirmioris ~us regimen ‥ assumptus est Canon. G. Sempr. f. 39; s1158 ~us infirmior dissolutis crinibus ‥ discurrebant Chr. Man I 70; s1455 uxor viri ‥ associata sibi de ~u fragili non modica plebe garrula ‥ rapuit ‥ petras jam dictas Reg. Whet. I 201. 4 (w. virilis or masculinus) males collectively, men (as a class); b (w. melior, primus, or principalis). expletis ‥ masculini ~us exemplis ‥ ad inclitas itidem secundi sexus personas ‥ verborum gressibus ‥ spatiantes Aldh. VirgP 39; quibus ‥ virtutibus ‥ ~us virilis conditus est preeminere sexui muliebri ‥ convenit perscrutare Fortescue NLN II 62.  b principalis ‥ ~us [gl.: swa ealdorlices hades] ‥ feminini sexus [gl.: i. natura] Aldh. VirgP 39; cum ‥ leniter suggereret [Anselmus] ut ‥ petulantiam in primum ~um edicto compesceret W. Malm. GP I 49 (ed. OMT p. 130); cum ‥ sufficienter ‥ in principali ~u sancta texuerimus miracula, nunc de inferiori dicendum Id. Mir. Mariae 211; si uxor mea pregnans rem melioris ~us enitatur, do lego puero duas partes hereditatis, uxori tertiam Neckam NR II 173 p. 296. 5 (transf.) kind, class, sort. 814 ut ‥ ab ‥ omni ~u humanae condicionis saecularium graduum seu ecclesiasticarum ordinum notis vel ignotis ‥ in omnibus inlaesa ‥ permaneat CS 348; hoc etenim dicunt, quod quicquid perstat in orbe / ingenui sexus rustica turba ruet Gower VC I 728; ingenui sexus alios conscendere navem / vidi quam plures Ib. I 1603.

sexŭs, (10) ūs, m. , sexe : Cic. Inv. 1, 35 || [en parl. de plantes, de minéraux] : Plin. 13, 31 ; 12, 61 ; 36, 128 || organes sexuels : Plin. 22, 20.

➳ abl. pl. sexibus Lact. Inst. 1, 8, 4 ; sexubus J. Val. 1, 36.

sexus , us. m.
類。男女。Omnes foeminini sexus 諸婦女。

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*sexus, i. n.
男女。

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• 2 SAC-, a sex(only singgen. and abl.): hominum genus et in sexu consideratur, virile an muliebre sit: puberes virilis sexūs, L.