sesquidiurnus
Latin
Etymology
sēsquidiēs (“a day and a half”) + -urnus (suffix forming adjectives), after diurnus
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /seːs.kʷi.diˈur.nus/, [s̠eːs̠kʷɪd̪iˈʊrnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ses.kwi.diˈur.nus/, [seskwid̪iˈurnus]
Adjective
sēsquidiurnus (feminine sēsquidiurna, neuter sēsquidiurnum); first/second-declension adjective
- (New Latin) occurring once every day and a half (thirty-six hours), sesquidiurnal
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:sesquidiurnus.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | sēsquidiurnus | sēsquidiurna | sēsquidiurnum | sēsquidiurnī | sēsquidiurnae | sēsquidiurna | |
| Genitive | sēsquidiurnī | sēsquidiurnae | sēsquidiurnī | sēsquidiurnōrum | sēsquidiurnārum | sēsquidiurnōrum | |
| Dative | sēsquidiurnō | sēsquidiurnō | sēsquidiurnīs | ||||
| Accusative | sēsquidiurnum | sēsquidiurnam | sēsquidiurnum | sēsquidiurnōs | sēsquidiurnās | sēsquidiurna | |
| Ablative | sēsquidiurnō | sēsquidiurnā | sēsquidiurnō | sēsquidiurnīs | |||
| Vocative | sēsquidiurne | sēsquidiurna | sēsquidiurnum | sēsquidiurnī | sēsquidiurnae | sēsquidiurna | |
Descendants
- English: sesquidiurnal