mulierum

Mulierum is the genitive plural form of the Latin noun mulier, which means woman or wife. In Latin grammar, the genitive plural is used to express possession or association, roughly translating to "of the women" or "of the women’s." The corresponding nominative plural is mulieres, while mulierum is the form used when indicating something that belongs to or pertains to women.

Declension and forms

The noun mulier is a third-declension noun. The standard forms are:

- Singular: nominative mulier; genitive mulieris; dative mulieri; accusative mulierem; ablative mulieri.

- Plural: nominative mulieres; genitive mulierum; dative mulieribus; accusative mulieres; ablative mulieribus.

Thus, mulierum specifically marks the genitive plural: “of the women.”

Usage

Mulierum appears primarily in phrases where a relationship of possession or association is stated. It is common in both prose and poetry of classical Latin and frequently encountered in inscriptions and legal or semi-legal phrasing. Because it is a genitive form, it does not function as the subject or direct object of a sentence; instead, it modifies another noun or stands in a possessive construction when translated into English.

Example

Domus mulierum can be translated as “the house of the women.” In larger phrases, mulierum can also express partitive or qualitative relationships, as in contexts describing parts of groups, possessions, or attributes related to women.

See also

Mulier (the base noun); muliebrity (related adjective form in literary discussion).