mās

Origin unknown. Traditionally theorized to be from Proto-Indo-European *méryos (“young man”), whence Proto-Indo-Iranian *máryas (“young man”), Sanskrit मर्य (márya, “suitor, young man”), Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “young girl”), and Old Armenian մարի (mari, “female bird, hen”). But this cannot account for the resultant phonetics, particularly the a-vocalism.

It has been connected with masturbor and with mālus (“pole”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maːs/, [mäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mas/, [mäs]

Adjective

mās (genitive maris); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. male, masculine, manly

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	mās			marēs	maria
Genitive	maris			marium marum
Dative	marī			maribus
Accusative	marem	mās		marēs	maria
Ablative	marī			maribus
Vocative	mās			marēs	maria

Coordinate terms

• fēmina (“female”)

Derived terms

• marītus
• marītō
• masculus
• masculīnus
• sēmimās

Noun

mās m (genitive maris); third declension

1. male, man

Usage notes

"Man" in the sense of “human being” is rendered by homō, and in the sense of “(free) adult male human being” by Latin vir. Mās means male (in contrast to female, fēmina); thus, it means man (in contrast to woman) when used in reference to an adult human.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mās	marēs
Genitive	maris	marium
Dative	marī	maribus
Accusative	marem	marēs marīs
Ablative	mare	maribus
Vocative	mās	marēs

Synonyms

• (man): vir

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “man”): fēmina