sesquidies

Latin

Etymology

sēsqui (“one and a half”) +‎ diēs (“day”)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /seːsˈkʷi.di.eːs/, [seːsˈkᶣɪ.di.eːs]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sesˈkwi.di.es/, [sesˈkwiː.di.es]

Noun

sēsquidiēs m (genitive sēsquidiēī); fifth declension

  1. (New Latin) a day and a half, one-and-a-half days

Declension

Fifth declension.

Case Singular
nominative sēsquidiēs
genitive sēsquidiēī
dative sēsquidiēī
accusative sēsquidiem
ablative sēsquidiē
vocative sēsquidiēs

Derived terms

References

  • sesquidies in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • sesquidies in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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