sexennis
Latin edit
Etymology edit
sex (“six”) + annus (“year”) + -is (suffix forming compound adjectives).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sekˈsen.nis/, [s̠ɛkˈs̠ɛnːɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sekˈsen.nis/, [seɡˈzɛnːis]
Adjective edit
sexennis (neuter sexenne); third-declension two-termination adjective
- six years old
- of six years, lasting six years
Declension edit
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | sexennis | sexenne | sexennēs | sexennia | |
| Genitive | sexennis | sexennium | |||
| Dative | sexennī | sexennibus | |||
| Accusative | sexennem | sexenne | sexennēs sexennīs |
sexennia | |
| Ablative | sexennī | sexennibus | |||
| Vocative | sexennis | sexenne | sexennēs | sexennia | |
References edit
- “sexennis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sexennis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1434/2.
- “sexennis” on page 1752/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)