sexennis
Latin
editEtymology
editsex (“six”) + annus (“year”) + -is (suffix forming compound adjectives).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /sekˈsen.nis/, [s̠ɛkˈs̠ɛnːɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sekˈsen.nis/, [seɡˈzɛnːis]
Adjective
editsexennis (neuter sexenne); third-declension two-termination adjective
- six years old
- of six years, lasting six years
Declension
editThird-declension two-termination adjective.
singular | plural | ||||
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masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
nominative | sexennis | sexenne | sexennēs | sexennia | |
genitive | sexennis | sexennium | |||
dative | sexennī | sexennibus | |||
accusative | sexennem | sexenne | sexennēs sexennīs |
sexennia | |
ablative | sexennī | sexennibus | |||
vocative | sexennis | sexenne | sexennēs | sexennia |
Coordinate terms
edit- biennis, triennis, quadriennis, quinquennis, septuennis, octennis, novennis, decennis, undecennis, duodecennis, tridecennis, quattuordecennis, quindecennis, sedecennis, septendecennis, duodevicennis, undevicennis, vicennis, tricennis, quadragennis, quinquagennis, sexagennis, septuagennis, octogennis, nonagennis, centennis, ducentennis, trecentennis, quadringentennis, quingentennis, sescentennis, septingentennis, octingentennis, nongentennis, millennis
References
edit- “sexennis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sexennis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1434/2.
- “sexennis” on page 1752/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)