sextarius
English
Etymology
From Latin sextārius (“sixth part”), from sextus (“sixth”) + -ārius.
Noun
sextarius (plural sextarii)
- (historical) A Roman measure of capacity, one sixth of a congius, about 546 ml or approximately one pint.
References
Ancient Roman units of measurement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Latin
Etymology
From sextus (“sixth”) + -ārius.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /sekˈstaː.ri.us/, [s̠ɛkˈs̠t̪äːriʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sekˈsta.ri.us/, [sekˈst̪äːrius]
Noun
sextārius m (genitive sextāriī or sextārī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | sextārius | sextāriī |
Genitive | sextāriī sextārī1 |
sextāriōrum |
Dative | sextāriō | sextāriīs |
Accusative | sextārium | sextāriōs |
Ablative | sextāriō | sextāriīs |
Vocative | sextārie | sextāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
References
- “sextarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sextarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sextarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “sextarius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “sextarius”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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