sexus | ūs | sĕcus (noun M.n) : (
* Abl. plur. sexibus, Spart. Hadr. 18, 10 al.; but sexubus,Jul. Val. Rer. G. Alex. 1, 36), m., or , n. root sec- of seco; hence properly, a division, segment.
* A sex, male or female (of men and beasts).
* 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.
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* A sex, of plants and minerals, Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 31; 12, 14, 32, § 61; 36, 16, 25, § 128; 36, 21, 39, § 149.
* The sexual organs, Plin. 22, 8, 9, § 20; Lact. 1, 21, 16.