sesquipedalis

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Latin

Etymology

From sēsquipes (“1½ feet”) +‎ -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”), from sēsqui- (“a half and a”) + pes (“foot, Roman foot”). Equivalent to sēsqui- +‎ pedālis (“footlong”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

sēsquipedālis (neuter sēsquipedāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. (relational) A foot and a half, half a yard
  2. (relational) A foot and a half long, half a yard long
  3. Excessively long (of speeches)

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative sēsquipedālis sēsquipedāle sēsquipedālēs sēsquipedālia
genitive sēsquipedālis sēsquipedālium
dative sēsquipedālī sēsquipedālibus
accusative sēsquipedālem sēsquipedāle sēsquipedālēs
sēsquipedālīs 		sēsquipedālia
ablative sēsquipedālī sēsquipedālibus
vocative sēsquipedālis sēsquipedāle sēsquipedālēs sēsquipedālia

Descendants

References

  • “sesquipedalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sesquipedalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sesquipedalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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