effeminate (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. effēmĭnātus2. mollis, e3. dēlĭcātus (freq. in offensive sense)4. mŭliebris, e5. sēmĭvir, vĭri (poet.)6. turpis, e • effeminate (adj.): 1. effēmĭnātus: Cic. (v. preced. art. 2): e. and nerveless composition, e. et enervis compositio, Quint. Join: mollis et effeminatus; impurus, impudicus, effeminatus, Cic. 2. mollis, e: Cic. (v. supr.): sometimes in compar., to make use of e., slow gestures, tarditatibus uti mollioribus, Cic. 3. dēlĭcātus (freq. in offensive sense): to despise e. pleasures, aspernari [molles et] delicatas voluptates, Cic.: v. luxurious. 4. mŭliebris, e: Sall.: v. womanish. 5. sēmĭvir, vĭri (poet.): Paris with his e. train, Paris cum semiviro comitatu, Virg. 6. turpis, e: Hor. Od. 1, 37, 9. Phr.: to render e., effeminare, Caes.: Cic.