"sextans" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: sextantes [plural]
Etymology: From Latin sextāns, from sex (“six”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|sextāns}} Latin sextāns Head templates: {{en-noun|sextantes}} sextans (plural sextantes)
  1. (Ancient Rome) A Roman coin worth one sixth of an as. Wikipedia link: sextans (coin) Tags: Ancient-Rome
    Sense id: en-sextans-en-noun-MIH0PmTX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Ancient Rome, Money, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 68 3 3 9 3 3 9 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 61 2 2 15 2 2 14 2

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈsek.stans/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈsɛkst̪ä̃ːs] [Classical-Latin], /ˈsek.stans/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈsɛkst̪äns] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From sex (“six”). Head templates: {{la-noun|sextāns<3.I>|g=m}} sextāns m (genitive sextantis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|sextāns<3.I>}} Forms: sextāns [canonical, masculine], sextantis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], sextāns [nominative, singular], sextantēs [nominative, plural], sextantis [genitive, singular], sextantium [genitive, plural], sextantī [dative, singular], sextantibus [dative, plural], sextantem [accusative, singular], sextantēs [accusative, plural], sextantīs [accusative, plural], sextante [ablative, singular], sextantibus [ablative, plural], sextāns [singular, vocative], sextantēs [plural, vocative]
  1. a sixth part of an as, (in particular —)
    (a coin)
    Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-sextans-la-noun-BZeHtaNx
  2. a sixth part of an as, (in particular —)
    (a weight)
    Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-sextans-la-noun-BZeHtaNx1
  3. a sixth part of an as, (in particular —)
    the sixth part of a juger (a measure of land)
    Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-sextans-la-noun-B0Pl~Vxx
  4. a sixth part of an as, (in particular —)
    the sixth part of a sextarius (a measure of liquid)
    Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-sextans-la-noun-NUCrpeJK
  5. a sixth part of an as, (in particular —)
    (a measure of length)
    Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-sextans-la-noun-BZeHtaNx1
  6. (mathematics) the sixth part of the number six (as of the numerus perfectus, in other words) unity, one Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-sextans-la-noun-5u1VWtFa Categories (other): Mathematics, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Currency Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 22 5 5 43 13 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 15 15 15 15 15 19 8 Disambiguation of Currency: 13 13 13 13 13 22 13 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  7. (Later Latin) a sextant (nautical instrument) Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-sextans-la-noun-HL2pJau9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: sextānī, sextārius, dēxtāns (english: five-sixths), octāns, quadrāns

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sextarius",
          "sextarius#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a sixth part of an as, (in particular —)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sixth",
          "sixth#English"
        ],
        [
          "as",
          "as#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "a measure of length",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "a sixth part of an as, (in particular —)",
        "(a measure of length)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Mathematics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the sixth part of the number six (as of the numerus perfectus, in other words) unity, one"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "numerus",
          "numerus#Latin"
        ],
        [
          "perfectus",
          "perfectus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics) the sixth part of the number six (as of the numerus perfectus, in other words) unity, one"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a sextant (nautical instrument)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sextant",
          "sextant#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Later Latin",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Later Latin) a sextant (nautical instrument)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsek.stans/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛkst̪ä̃ːs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsek.stans/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛkst̪äns]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "la:Sextans (nummus)"
  ],
  "word": "sextans"
}

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