sesquialter

English

Etymology

From Latin sēsquialter, from sēsqui- (“a half and a”) + alter (“another, a second”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /sɛskwɪˈaltər/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɛskwɪˈaltə/

Adjective

sesquialter (not comparable)

1. (mathematics, archaic) Synonym of sesquialterate, 1½ times.
2. (music, obsolete) Synonym of sesquialteral, of or relating to 1½ notes.

Noun

sesquialter (plural sesquialters)

1. (music, obsolete) Synonym of sesquialtera, a 1½ note.
2. (music, obsolete) Synonym of sesquialtera, an organ stop.

References

• “sesquialter, adj. (and n.).”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.
• “sesquialter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Etymology

From sēsqui- (“a half and a”) +‎ alter (“another, a second”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /seːs.kʷiˈal.ter/, [s̠eːs̠kʷiˈäɫ̪t̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ses.kwiˈal.ter/, [seskwiˈäl̪t̪er]

Adjective

sēsquialter (feminine sēsquialtera, neuter sēsquialterum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er, pronominal)

1. 1½ times, once and a half

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er, pronominal).

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sēsquialter	sēsquialtera	sēsquialterum		sēsquialterī	sēsquialterae	sēsquialtera
Genitive	sēsquialterī̆us				sēsquialterōrum	sēsquialterārum	sēsquialterōrum
Dative	sēsquialterī				sēsquialterīs
Accusative	sēsquialterum	sēsquialteram	sēsquialterum		sēsquialterōs	sēsquialterās	sēsquialtera
Ablative	sēsquialterō	sēsquialterā	sēsquialterō		sēsquialterīs
Vocative	sēsquialter	sēsquialtera	sēsquialterum		sēsquialterī	sēsquialterae	sēsquialtera

Descendants

• English: sesquialter
• Italian: sesquialtero

References

• “sesquialter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press