Sextus
See also: sextus
Latin
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Alternative forms
[edit]- Sex., S. (abbreviation)
Etymology
[edit]From sextus, probably originally referring to the month of birth, sextīlis (“August”), rather than to birth order.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsɛk.stʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsɛk.stus]
Proper noun
[edit]Sextus m (genitive Sextī); second declension
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.a masculine praenomen particularly popular in Gaul. (Occasionally also found as a cognomen.) In particular:- Sextus Pompeius (a Roman general from the late Republic)
- 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistuale ad Atticum 16.4.2.1:
- Sextum autem nūntiant cum ūnā sōlum legiōne fuisse ad Carthāginem
- The messengers further report that Sextus had been at Carthage with only one legion
- Sextum autem nūntiant cum ūnā sōlum legiōne fuisse ad Carthāginem
- Sextus Pompeius (a Roman general from the late Republic)
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Sextus | Sextī |
| genitive | Sextī | Sextōrum |
| dative | Sextō | Sextīs |
| accusative | Sextum | Sextōs |
| ablative | Sextō | Sextīs |
| vocative | Sexte | Sextī |
Descendants
[edit]- → Ancient Greek: Σέξτος (Séxtos)
See also
[edit]Roman praenomina: praenominaedit
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Sextus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Sextus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- 1916, Lindley Richard Dean, A Study of the Cognomina of Soldiers in the Roman Legions, page 72,79:
- The use of Primus, Secundus, Tertius, Quintus, Sextus, and Decimus as praenomina is noted in a later section. Quintus and Sextus, the latter particularly, seem to have been used longer as praenomina and for that reason their employment as cognomina falls later than the first century. […] The numeral adjectives Primus, Secundus, Tertius, and Sextus were employed as praenomina at one time. The use of Sextus as a praenomen is probably more common than as a cognomen.