interfeminium

Latin

Etymology

Coined by Apuleius, from inter- +‎ femen (“thigh”) +‎ -ium, literally “the space between the thighs”.

Pronunciation

Noun

interfeminium n (genitive interfeminiī or interfeminī); second declension

  1. (euphemistic) vulva, vagina (the female genitalia including their external as well as internal parts)
Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative interfeminium interfeminia
genitive interfeminiī
interfeminī1 		interfeminiōrum
dative interfeminiō interfeminiīs
accusative interfeminium interfeminia
ablative interfeminiō interfeminiīs
vocative interfeminium interfeminia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

  • “interfeminium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “interfeminium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • interfeminium in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
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