Latin edit

Etymology edit

From quīntus (fifth) +‎ -i- +‎ sextus (sixth), calque of Byzantine Greek πενθέκτη (penthéktē), from πέντε (pénte) +‎ ἕκτος (héktos), since the council was held to complete the fifth and sixth ecumenical councils.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

quīnisextus (feminine quīnisexta, neuter quīnisextum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) Quinisext; of or pertaining to the Quinisext Council of 692 CE.
    • 1768, Jordan Simon, Praelectiones Historico-Canonicae [] , volume 1, page 455:
      Additi sunt postmodum huic Codici Canones Quinisexti sive Trullani
      The Quinisext or Trullan Canons are subsequently appended to this Book

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative quīnisextus quīnisexta quīnisextum quīnisextī quīnisextae quīnisexta
Genitive quīnisextī quīnisextae quīnisextī quīnisextōrum quīnisextārum quīnisextōrum
Dative quīnisextō quīnisextō quīnisextīs
Accusative quīnisextum quīnisextam quīnisextum quīnisextōs quīnisextās quīnisexta
Ablative quīnisextō quīnisextā quīnisextō quīnisextīs
Vocative quīnisexte quīnisexta quīnisextum quīnisextī quīnisextae quīnisexta

Descendants edit

  • English: Quinisext, Quinisextine