sexennium
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English
Etymology
From Latin sexennium, from sexennis (“6-year”) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /sɛkˈsɛniəm/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɛkˈsɛnɪəm/
Noun
sexennium (plural sexenniums or sexennia)
- A period of six years.
- Coordinate terms: annum, biennium, triennium, quadrennium, quinquennium, septennium, octennium, novennium, decennium, vicennium, tricennium, centennium, quincentennium, millennium, decamillennium, centimillennium, millionennium
Synonyms
Hypernyms
- See sextet
Related terms
- (adj.) sexennial
References
- “sexennium, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.
Latin
Etymology
From sexennis (“of six years”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /sekˈsen.ni.um/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sekˈsen.ni.um/,
Noun
sexennium n (genitive sexenniī or sexennī); second declension
- A period or span of six years.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sexennium | sexennia |
| Genitive | sexenniī sexennī1 |
sexenniōrum |
| Dative | sexenniō | sexenniīs |
| Accusative | sexennium | sexennia |
| Ablative | sexenniō | sexenniīs |
| Vocative | sexennium | sexennia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
- (adjective): sexennālis
- (2-year period): biennium
- (3-year period): triennium
- (4-year period): quadrennium
- (5-year period): quīnquennium
- (7-year period): septennium
Descendants
References
- “sexennium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sexennium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sexennium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.