masclus

masclus m (genitive masclī); second declension (Late Latin, proscribed)

1. syncopated form of masculus (“male”)
   • [3rd–4th century, Appendix Probi, line 4:

     masculus non masclus

     (The correct form is) masculus, not masclus]

Second-declension noun.

• see: masculus

• "masclus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)