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Latin
Etymology
From septem (“seven”) + angulus (“angled”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
septangulus (feminine septangula, neuter septangulum); first/second-declension adjective
- heptagonal
1611, Johannes Kepler, Strena seu De Niva Sexangula, page 5:Nam si casu fit, cur non aeque quinquangula cadunt, aut septangula, cur semper sexangula, siquidem nondum confusa et glomerata multitudine, variogue impulsu, sed sparsa et distincta?- For if it happens by chance, why do they not fall equally pentagonal, or heptagonal, why always hexagonal, if in fact they are never mixed and heaped in a great number, and by different impact, but sparse and distinct?
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- septangulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- septangulus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016