sesquipedalis

Latin

Etymology

Derived from sēsqui (“one-and-one-half times”) + pedālis (“measuring a foot”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /seːs.kʷi.peˈdaː.lis/, [seːs.kᶣɪ.pɛˈdaː.lɪs]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ses.kwi.peˈda.lis/, [ses.kwi.peˈdaː.lis]

Adjective

sēsquipedālis (neuter sēsquipedāle); third declension

  1. A foot and a half, half a yard (attributive or long)
  2. Excessively long (of speeches)

Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
nominative sēsquipedālis sēsquipedāle sēsquipedālēs sēsquipedālia
genitive sēsquipedālis sēsquipedālium
dative sēsquipedālī sēsquipedālibus
accusative sēsquipedālem sēsquipedāle sēsquipedālēs, sēsquipedālīs sēsquipedālia
ablative sēsquipedālī sēsquipedālibus
vocative sēsquipedālis sēsquipedāle sēsquipedālēs sēsquipedālia

Descendants

References

  • sesquipedalis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sesquipedalis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sesquipedalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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