noun

vĭrīlĭtas

gen. ātis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd

manhood

manhood (perh. not ante-Aug.).

The age of manhood

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

manhood; virility •

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

the organs of generation

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.—*

manliness; manly vigor figuratively •

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.

Perseus ID: n51093 Key: virilitas