sextans
See also: Sextans
English edit
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 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: sex Ordinal: sextus Adverbial: sexiēs, sexiēns Multiplier: sexuplus, sexuplex, sextuplus, seplex Distributive: sēnus Collective: sēniō Fractional: sextāns | ||
Etymology edit
From sex (“six”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sextāns | sextantēs |
| Genitive | sextantis | sextantium |
| Dative | sextantī | sextantibus |
| Accusative | sextantem | sextantēs sextantīs |
| Ablative | sextante | sextantibus |
| Vocative | sextāns | sextantēs |
Related terms edit
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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