(adjective) : fēmĭnīnus, a, um, femina, in gram.
* Of the feminine gender, feminine: nomen,Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 6; Quint. 1, 5, 54; 1, 6, 14 et saep.; cf.: quae feminina positione mares significant,id. 1, 4, 24: funis masculinum sit an femininum,id. 1, 4, 24: sexus,Dig. 2, 8, 2, § 3; Gai. Inst. 1, 130: persona, id. ib. 1, 150; 3, 24.—Adv.: fēmĭnīnē, femininely, of the feminine gender (postclass.), Arn. 1, 36; Charis. p. 55 P.; Fest. s. v. Petronia, p. 250, 15 Müll.

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