hexastichus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hekˈsas.ti.kʰus/, [hɛkˈs̠äs̠t̪ɪkʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈsas.ti.kus/, [eɡˈzäst̪ikus]

Adjective

hexastichus (feminine hexasticha, neuter hexastichum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Having six lines or rows
2. (relational) hexastich

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hexastichus	hexasticha	hexastichum		hexastichī	hexastichae	hexasticha
Genitive	hexastichī	hexastichae	hexastichī		hexastichōrum	hexastichārum	hexastichōrum
Dative	hexastichō		hexastichō		hexastichīs
Accusative	hexastichum	hexasticham	hexastichum		hexastichōs	hexastichās	hexasticha
Ablative	hexastichō	hexastichā	hexastichō		hexastichīs
Vocative	hexastiche	hexasticha	hexastichum		hexastichī	hexastichae	hexasticha

Descendants

• Italian: esastico

References

• “hexastichus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hexastichus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.