sextans

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English

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A sextans of the Roman Republic, circa 210 BC.

Etymology

From Latin sextāns, from sex (“six”).

Noun

sextans (plural sextantes)

  1. (Ancient Rome) A Roman coin worth one sixth of an as.

References

Latin

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    Cardinal: sex
    Ordinal: sextus
    Adverbial: sexiēs, sexiēns
    Proportional: sexuplus, sextuplus, sexcuplus
    Multiplier: sexuplex, sextuplex, sexcuplex, sēplex
    Distributive: sēnus
    Collective: sēniō
    Fractional: sextāns
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Etymology

From sex (“six”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sextāns m (genitive sextantis); third declension

  1. a sixth part of an as, (in particular —)
    1. (a coin)
    2. (a weight)
    3. the sixth part of a juger (a measure of land)
    4. the sixth part of a sextarius (a measure of liquid)
    5. (a measure of length)
  2. (mathematics) the sixth part of the number six (as of the numerus perfectus, in other words) unity, one
  3. (Later Latin) a sextant (nautical instrument)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sextāns sextantēs
Genitive sextantis sextantium
Dative sextantī sextantibus
Accusative sextantem sextantēs
sextantīs
Ablative sextante sextantibus
Vocative sextāns sextantēs

Descendants

  • Russian: секстан (sekstan), секстант (sekstant)

See also

References

  • “sextans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sextans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sextans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “sextans”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “sextans”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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