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To: EinNYC

In Latin the gender of a word has little to do with actual gender or gender relativity. For example, the first word I learned in 9th grade Latin was nauta...sailor or mariner. It is a feminine noun despite the fact that few if any mariners were female.


18 posted on 04/30/2021 8:27:32 AM PDT by xkaydet65 ( )
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To: xkaydet65

If memory serves the word agricola (farmer) is the only masculine noun in the first declension.


32 posted on 04/30/2021 9:21:11 AM PDT by organicchemist (Without the second amendment, the first amendment is just talk)
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To: xkaydet65
Actually, nauta is masculine, even though it is declined like a feminine noun. Likewise for agricola, "farmer." An adjective modifying either of those nouns would take masculine forms.
37 posted on 04/30/2021 11:09:10 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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