Sextus

See also: sextus

Latin

An aureus with on the obverse the profile of Sextus Pompeius "Magnus Pius" and profiles of his murdered father and brother on the reverse.

Etymology

From sextus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsek.stus/, [ˈs̠ɛks̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsek.stus/, [ˈsɛkst̪us]

Proper noun

Sextus m (genitive Sextī); second declension

1. A masculine praenomen, in particular:
   1. Sextus Pompeius (a Roman general from the late Republic)
   • Sextum autem nunciavit cum una solum legione fuisse Carthagine.

     He said that Sextus had been at Carthage with only one legion.

   Synonym: (abbreviation) Sex.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Sextus	Sextī
Genitive	Sextī	Sextōrum
Dative	Sextō	Sextīs
Accusative	Sextum	Sextōs
Ablative	Sextō	Sextīs
Vocative	Sexte	Sextī

References

• “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.