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English
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Etymology
[edit]From Latin sextāns, from sex (“six”).
Noun
[edit]sextans (plural sextantes)
- (Ancient Rome) A Roman coin worth one sixth of an as.
References
[edit]- “sextans”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
[edit]← 5 | VI 6 |
7 → |
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Cardinal: sex Ordinal: sextus Adverbial: sexiēs, sexiēns Proportional: sexuplus, sextuplus, sexcuplus Multiplier: sexuplex, sextuplex, sexcuplex, sēplex Distributive: sēnus Collective: sēniō Fractional: sextāns |
Etymology
[edit]From sex (“six”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsek.stans/, [ˈs̠ɛks̠t̪ä̃ːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsek.stans/, [ˈsɛkst̪äns]
Noun
[edit]sextāns m (genitive sextantis); third declension
- a sixth part of an as, (in particular —)
- (mathematics) the sixth part of the number six (as of the numerus perfectus, in other words) unity, one
- (Later Latin) a sextant (nautical instrument)
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | sextāns | sextantēs |
Genitive | sextantis | sextantium |
Dative | sextantī | sextantibus |
Accusative | sextantem | sextantēs sextantīs |
Ablative | sextante | sextantibus |
Vocative | sextāns | sextantēs |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “sextans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sextans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sextans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “sextans”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “sextans”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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