English → Latin
“male” in Latin
virīlismanly, masculine, virile; maturemasculusmale, masculine; manly, virile; Used of the larger and coarser varieties of plants or other natural productsmasculīnusmasculine, male (of humans or animals); manly, worthy of manhood; masculine (gender)PhaedrusPhaedrus (an Athenian aristocrat, friend of Socrates); Phaedrus (a Latin fabulist)
The English word male itself goes back to Latin mās, through masculus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
male
virilis, masculus: masculinus (of men or animals): the male sex, sexus masculinus (of men or animals); genus masculinum (Phaedrus); sexus virilis (Nep., Tac., only of men).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for male?
- The usual Latin words for “male” are virīlis, masculus, masculīnus; also Phaedrus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.