sextilis
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Latin
Alternative forms
- Sextilis (alternative letter-case form)
Etymology
From sextus (“sixth”) + -īlis (“-ile”, suffix forming adjectives & nouns); presumably derived from its original place in the Roman calendar, though it became the 8th month after the new year began to be calculated from January.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /sekˈstiː.lis/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sekˈsti.lis/,
Adjective
sextīlis (neuter sextīle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- Of August, the sixth month of the Roman calendar or eighth month of the Gregorian calendar.
Usage notes
In Latin, the month names are used as adjectives. In the Classical period, this adjective modifies a noun identifying a particular day, from which the date was reckoned. In Medieval Latin and later periods, the adjective modifies a numeral for the day of the month.
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | sextīlis | sextīle | sextīlēs | sextīlia | |
| Genitive | sextīlis | sextīlium | |||
| Dative | sextīlī | sextīlibus | |||
| Accusative | sextīlem | sextīle | sextīlēs sextīlīs |
sextīlia | |
| Ablative | sextīlī | sextīlibus | |||
| Vocative | sextīlis | sextīle | sextīlēs | sextīlia | |