virilitas

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

vĭrīlĭtas, ātis, f. [virilis], manhood (perh. not ante-Aug.).

I Lit.

A The age of manhood , Plin. 33, 12, 54, § 155.—

B Abstr., manhood , virility : Gaiam C. Caesarem, quasi incertae virilitatis, dicere, Tac. A. 6, 5: adempta, id. ib. 6, 31.—

2 Concr., the organs of generation , Quint. 5, 12, 17; Plin. 7, 4, 3, § 36; cf. Dig. 48, 8, 4 fin. ; Mart. 9, 7, 5 al.—Of animals, Col. 6, 26, 3; Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 44.—*

II Trop., manliness , manly vigor : sanctitas certe. et, ut sic dicam, virilitas ab his (veteribus Latinis) petenda, etc., Quint. 1, 8, 9; Val. Max. 2, 4, 2.

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