effeminate
τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
Ar. and P. μαλακός, τρυφερός, P. ἄνανδρος, P. and V. γυναικεῖος, Ar. and V. μαλθακός (also Plato but rare P.), V. γυναικόμιμος, γυναικόφρων (Eur., Fragment), θηλύνους, Ar. θηλύφρων.
woman-shaped: V. θηλύμορφος, γυναικόμορφος.
be effeminate, v.: P. and V. τρυφᾶν.
whence comes this effeminate creature? V. ποδαπὸς ὁ γύννις; (Aesch., Fragment).
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
effēmĭnāte: adv., v. effemino,
I P. a. fin.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
effēmĭnātē,¹⁴ en femme, d’une manière efféminée : Cic. Off. 1, 14.
Latin > German (Georges)
effēmināte, Adv. (effeminatus), weibisch, weichlich, Cic. u.a.
