"sesquipedalis" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Latin]

IPA: /seːs.kʷi.peˈdaː.lis/ [Classical-Latin], [seːskʷɪpɛˈd̪äːlʲɪs] [Classical-Latin], /ses.kʷi.peˈda.lis/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [seskʷipeˈd̪äːlis] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From sēsquipes (“1½ feet”) + -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”), from sēsqui- (“a half and a”) + pes (“foot, Roman foot”). Equivalent to sēsqui- + pedālis (“footlong”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|sēsquipes|ālis|t1=1½ feet|t2=-al: forming adjectives}} sēsquipes (“1½ feet”) + -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”), {{prefix|la|sēsqui|pedālis|t2=footlong}} sēsqui- + pedālis (“footlong”) Head templates: {{la-adj|sēsquipedālis}} sēsquipedālis (neuter sēsquipedāle); third-declension two-termination adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|sēsquipedālis}} Forms: sēsquipedālis [canonical], sēsquipedāle [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], sēsquipedālis [feminine, masculine, nominative, singular], sēsquipedāle [neuter, nominative, singular], sēsquipedālēs [feminine, masculine, nominative, singular], sēsquipedālia [neuter, nominative, plural], sēsquipedālis [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], sēsquipedālium [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter], sēsquipedālī [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], sēsquipedālibus [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter], sēsquipedālem [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], sēsquipedāle [accusative, neuter, singular], sēsquipedālēs [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], sēsquipedālīs [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], sēsquipedālia [accusative, neuter, plural], sēsquipedālī [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], sēsquipedālibus [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter], sēsquipedālis [feminine, masculine, singular, vocative], sēsquipedāle [neuter, singular, vocative], sēsquipedālēs [feminine, masculine, singular, vocative], sēsquipedālia [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. (relational) A foot and a half, half a yard Tags: declension-3, relational, two-termination
    Sense id: en-sesquipedalis-la-adj-GNgt~PaQ Categories (other): Latin terms prefixed with sesqui-, Latin terms suffixed with -alis, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Latin terms prefixed with sesqui-: 45 32 23 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -alis: 48 32 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 12 70
  2. (relational) A foot and a half long, half a yard long Tags: declension-3, relational, two-termination
    Sense id: en-sesquipedalis-la-adj-kQPu~61e Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 12 70
  3. Excessively long (of speeches) Tags: declension-3, two-termination
    Sense id: en-sesquipedalis-la-adj-HvKnCJmr Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin third declension adjectives of two terminations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 25 22 54 Disambiguation of Latin third declension adjectives of two terminations: 31 30 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 12 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 27 44
     
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-01 using wiktextract (89ebc88 and e74c913). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.