sexennium

Latin

Etymology

From sexennis (“of six years”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /sekˈsen.ni.um/, [sɛkˈsɛn.ni.ũ]

Noun

sexennium n (genitive sexenniī); second declension

A period or span of six years.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sexennium	sexennia
genitive	sexenniī	sexenniōrum
dative	sexenniō	sexenniīs
accusative	sexennium	sexennia
ablative	sexenniō	sexenniīs
vocative	sexennium	sexennia

Related terms

(adj.): sexennial
(5-year period): quinquennium, quinquenniad, quintennium
(7-year period): septennium, septenniad, septennary, septenary

References

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

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