sesquipedalis
Latin
Etymology
Derived from sēsqui (“one-and-one-half times”) + pedālis (“measuring a foot”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /seːs.kʷi.peˈdaː.lis/, [s̠eːs̠kʷɪpɛˈd̪äːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ses.kwi.peˈda.lis/, [seskwipeˈd̪äːlis]
Adjective
sēsquipedālis (neuter sēsquipedāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (relational) A foot and a half, half a yard
- (relational) A foot and a half long, half a yard long
- Excessively long (of speeches)
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | sēsquipedālis | sēsquipedāle | sēsquipedālēs | sēsquipedālia | |
| Genitive | sēsquipedālis | sēsquipedālium | |||
| Dative | sēsquipedālī | sēsquipedālibus | |||
| Accusative | sēsquipedālem | sēsquipedāle | sēsquipedālēs sēsquipedālīs |
sēsquipedālia | |
| Ablative | sēsquipedālī | sēsquipedālibus | |||
| Vocative | sēsquipedālis | sēsquipedāle | sēsquipedālēs | sēsquipedālia | |
Descendants
- English: sesquipedal
- Italian: sesquipedale
- Spanish: sesquipedal
References
- “sesquipedalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sesquipedalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sesquipedalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.