A.male, “σωμάτιον” POxy.37i7 (i A. D.); “ᾠόν” PMag.Lond.121.522, cf. Luc.DDeor.16.1; opp. θηλυκός, IG14.872.5 (Cumae): less Att. form “ἀρσενικός” Call.Epigr.27, POxy.38.7 (i A. D.), AP5.115 (Marc. Arg.); “λίβανον ἀ.” PMag.Par.1.906; cf. λίβανος.
2. virile, M.Ant.11.18 (Comp.); of masculine gender, Plu.2.1011c; “πτῶσις” Ph.1.294; (ἀρσ-) D.T.634.17, etc. Adv. -κῶς, opp. θηλυκῶς, Phld. Piet.12, cf. Ath.13.590b, (ἀρσ-) Str.8.3.11.