sextans

See also: Sextans

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sextans

Noun

sextans

  1. (historical, Roman antiquity) A Roman coin worth one sixth of an as.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for sextans in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Etymology

From sex (“six”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsek.stans/, [ˈsɛk.stãːs]

Noun

sextāns m (genitive sextantis); third declension

  1. a bronze coin worth one sixth of an as
  2. a sixth part of a piece of land
  3. a sixth part measure of liquid
  4. (Later Latin) a sextant (nautical instrument)

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Case Singular Plural
nominative sextāns sextantēs
genitive sextantis sextantium
dative sextantī sextantibus
accusative sextantem sextantēs
ablative sextante sextantibus
vocative sextāns sextantēs

Descendants

See also

References

  • sextans in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sextans in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sextans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • sextans in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sextans in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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