sextilis
LatinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- Sextilis (alternative letter-case form)
EtymologyEdit
From sextus (“sixth”) + -ilis (“-ile: forming adjectives & nouns”); presumably derived from its original place in the Roman calendar, though it was the 8th month after the new year began to be calculated from January.
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sekˈstiː.lis/, [s̠ɛkˈs̠t̪iː.l̪ɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sekˈsti.lis/, [sɛkˈst̪iː.lis]
AdjectiveEdit
sextīlis (neuter sextīle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- Of August, the sixth month of the Roman calendar or eighth month of the Gregorian calendar.
Usage notesEdit
In Latin, the month names are used as adjectives. In the Classical period, this adjective modifies a noun identifying a particular day, from which the date was reckoned. In Medieval Latin and later periods, the adjective modifies a numeral for the day of the month.
DeclensionEdit
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | sextīlis | sextīle | sextīlēs | sextīlia | |
Genitive | sextīlis | sextīlium | |||
Dative | sextīlī | sextīlibus | |||
Accusative | sextīlem | sextīle | sextīlēs sextīlīs |
sextīlia | |
Ablative | sextīlī | sextīlibus | |||
Vocative | sextīlis | sextīle | sextīlēs | sextīlia |