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Name: Aelius Donatus Date: 4th century CE Region: [Unknown] Citation: Parts of Speech |
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How many genders are there? Four. Which? ·
Masculine, like
magister [“teacher,”]; ·
Feminine, like musa
[‘Muse,’]; ·
Neuter, like scamnum
[“bench”]; and ·
Common, like sacerdos
[“priest”]. There is another beyond the three genders, which is called All-Inclusive
[omne], like how the word ‘felix’ [“blessed, lucky”] can describe
masculine, feminine or neuter words. It is unisex, for any gender, like passer
[“sparrow”] or aquila [“eagle”]. |
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genera nominum quot sunt? quattuor. quae? masculinum, ut hic magister,
femininum, ut haec Musa, neutrum, ut hoc scamnum,
commune, ut hic et haec sacerdos. est praeterea
trium generum, quod omne dicitur, ut hic et haec et hoc
felix; est epicoenon, id est promiscuum, ut passer aquila. |
