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
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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.
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