effeminate
From LSJ
ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief
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 (Euripides, 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.
