sexennis

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Latin

Etymology

sex (six) +‎ annus (year) +‎ -is (suffix forming compound adjectives).

Pronunciation

Adjective

sexennis (neuter sexenne); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. six years old
  2. of six years, lasting six years

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Coordinate terms

References

  • 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)