Sextus
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See also: sextus
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From sextus, probably originally referring to the month of birth, sextīlis (“August”), rather than its order.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsek.stus/, [ˈs̠ɛks̠t̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsek.stus/, [ˈsɛkst̪us]
Proper noun[edit]
Sextus m (genitive Sextī); second declension
- A masculine praenomen, particularly popular in Gaul. In particular:
- Sextus Pompeius (a Roman general from the late Republic)
- 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistuale ad Atticum 16.4.2.1:
- Sextum autem nūntiant cum ūnā sōlum legiōne fuisse ad Carthāginem
- The messengers further report that Sextus had been at Carthage with only one legion
- Sextum autem nūntiant cum ūnā sōlum legiōne fuisse ad Carthāginem
- Sextus Pompeius (a Roman general from the late Republic)
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Sextus | Sextī |
Genitive | Sextī | Sextōrum |
Dative | Sextō | Sextīs |
Accusative | Sextum | Sextōs |
Ablative | Sextō | Sextīs |
Vocative | Sexte | Sextī |
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “Sextus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Sextus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.