See sextans on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "sextāns"
},
"expansion": "Latin sextāns",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin sextāns, from sex (“six”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "sextantes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sextantes"
},
"expansion": "sextans (plural sextantes)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Ancient Rome",
"orig": "en:Ancient Rome",
"parents": [
"Ancient Africa",
"Ancient Europe",
"Ancient history",
"Ancient Near East",
"History of Italy",
"History of Africa",
"History of Europe",
"History",
"Ancient Asia",
"Italy",
"Africa",
"Europe",
"All topics",
"History of Asia",
"Earth",
"Eurasia",
"Fundamental",
"Asia",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Money",
"orig": "en:Money",
"parents": [
"Business",
"Economics",
"Society",
"Social sciences",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "66 3 3 11 3 3 11 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "60 2 2 16 2 2 14 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A Roman coin worth one sixth of an as."
],
"id": "en-sextans-en-noun-MIH0PmTX",
"links": [
[
"Ancient Rome",
"Ancient Rome"
],
[
"Roman",
"Roman"
],
[
"coin",
"coin"
],
[
"sixth",
"sixth"
],
[
"as",
"as"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Ancient Rome) A Roman coin worth one sixth of an as."
],
"tags": [
"Ancient-Rome"
],
"wikipedia": [
"sextans (coin)"
]
}
],
"word": "sextans"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "секстан",
"3": "секстант"
},
"expansion": "Russian: секстан (sekstan), секстант (sekstant)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Russian: секстан (sekstan), секстант (sekstant)"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From sex (“six”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "sextāns",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "sextantis",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "sextāns",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sextantēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sextantis",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sextantium",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sextantī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sextantibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sextantem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sextantēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sextantīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sextante",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sextantibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sextāns",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "sextantēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sextāns<3.I>",
"g": "m"
},
"expansion": "sextāns m (genitive sextantis); third declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sextāns<3.I>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sextānī"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sextārius"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "five-sixths",
"word": "dēxtāns"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "octāns"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "quadrāns"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "15 15 15 15 15 18 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 10 10 10 10 25 24",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Currency",
"orig": "la:Currency",
"parents": [
"Money",
"Business",
"Economics",
"Society",
"Social sciences",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a sixth part of an as, (in particular —)"
],
"id": "en-sextans-la-noun-BZeHtaNx",
"links": [
[
"sixth",
"sixth#English"
],
[
"as",
"as#Latin"
]
],
"qualifier": "a coin",
"raw_glosses": [
"a sixth part of an as, (in particular —)",
"(a coin)"
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "15 15 15 15 15 18 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 10 10 10 10 25 24",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Currency",
"orig": "la:Currency",
"parents": [
"Money",
"Business",
"Economics",
"Society",
"Social sciences",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a sixth part of an as, (in particular —)"
],
"id": "en-sextans-la-noun-BZeHtaNx1",
"links": [
[
"sixth",
"sixth#English"
],
[
"as",
"as#Latin"
]
],
"qualifier": "a weight",
"raw_glosses": [
"a sixth part of an as, (in particular —)",
"(a weight)"
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "15 15 15 15 15 18 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 10 10 10 10 25 24",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Currency",
"orig": "la:Currency",
"parents": [
"Money",
"Business",
"Economics",
"Society",
"Social sciences",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a sixth part of an as, (in particular —)",
"the sixth part of a juger (a measure of land)"
],
"id": "en-sextans-la-noun-B0Pl~Vxx",
"links": [
[
"sixth",
"sixth#English"
],
[
"as",
"as#Latin"
],
[
"juger",
"juger#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "15 15 15 15 15 18 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 10 10 10 10 25 24",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Currency",
"orig": "la:Currency",
"parents": [
"Money",
"Business",
"Economics",
"Society",
"Social sciences",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a sixth part of an as, (in particular —)",
"the sixth part of a sextarius (a measure of liquid)"
],
"id": "en-sextans-la-noun-NUCrpeJK",
"links": [
[
"sixth",
"sixth#English"
],
[
"as",
"as#Latin"
],
[
"sextarius",
"sextarius#Latin"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "15 15 15 15 15 18 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 10 10 10 10 25 24",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Currency",
"orig": "la:Currency",
"parents": [
"Money",
"Business",
"Economics",
"Society",
"Social sciences",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a sixth part of an as, (in particular —)"
],
"id": "en-sextans-la-noun-BZeHtaNx1",
"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": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Mathematics",
"orig": "la:Mathematics",
"parents": [
"Formal sciences",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "5 5 30 5 5 41 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 15 15 15 15 18 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 10 10 10 10 25 24",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Currency",
"orig": "la:Currency",
"parents": [
"Money",
"Business",
"Economics",
"Society",
"Social sciences",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"the sixth part of the number six (as of the numerus perfectus, in other words) unity, one"
],
"id": "en-sextans-la-noun-5u1VWtFa",
"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"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "10 10 10 10 10 25 24",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Currency",
"orig": "la:Currency",
"parents": [
"Money",
"Business",
"Economics",
"Society",
"Social sciences",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a sextant (nautical instrument)"
],
"id": "en-sextans-la-noun-HL2pJau9",
"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": "[ˈs̠ɛks̠t̪ä̃ːs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsek.stans/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈsɛkst̪äns]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"la:Sextans (nummus)"
],
"word": "sextans"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"la:Currency"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "sextāns"
},
"expansion": "Latin sextāns",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin sextāns, from sex (“six”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "sextantes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sextantes"
},
"expansion": "sextans (plural sextantes)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English nouns with irregular plurals",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Ancient Rome",
"en:Money"
],
"glosses": [
"A Roman coin worth one sixth of an as."
],
"links": [
[
"Ancient Rome",
"Ancient Rome"
],
[
"Roman",
"Roman"
],
[
"coin",
"coin"
],
[
"sixth",
"sixth"
],
[
"as",
"as"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Ancient Rome) A Roman coin worth one sixth of an as."
],
"tags": [
"Ancient-Rome"
],
"wikipedia": [
"sextans (coin)"
]
}
],
"word": "sextans"
}
{
"categories": [
"Latin 2-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin masculine nouns",
"Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin third declension nouns",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"la:Currency"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "секстан",
"3": "секстант"
},
"expansion": "Russian: секстан (sekstan), секстант (sekstant)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Russian: секстан (sekstan), секстант (sekstant)"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From sex (“six”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "sextāns",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "sextantis",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "sextāns",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sextantēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sextantis",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sextantium",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sextantī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sextantibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sextantem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sextantēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sextantīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sextante",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sextantibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sextāns",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "sextantēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sextāns<3.I>",
"g": "m"
},
"expansion": "sextāns m (genitive sextantis); third declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sextāns<3.I>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "sextānī"
},
{
"word": "sextārius"
},
{
"english": "five-sixths",
"word": "dēxtāns"
},
{
"word": "octāns"
},
{
"word": "quadrāns"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"a sixth part of an as, (in particular —)"
],
"links": [
[
"sixth",
"sixth#English"
],
[
"as",
"as#Latin"
]
],
"qualifier": "a coin",
"raw_glosses": [
"a sixth part of an as, (in particular —)",
"(a coin)"
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a sixth part of an as, (in particular —)"
],
"links": [
[
"sixth",
"sixth#English"
],
[
"as",
"as#Latin"
]
],
"qualifier": "a weight",
"raw_glosses": [
"a sixth part of an as, (in particular —)",
"(a weight)"
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a sixth part of an as, (in particular —)",
"the sixth part of a juger (a measure of land)"
],
"links": [
[
"sixth",
"sixth#English"
],
[
"as",
"as#Latin"
],
[
"juger",
"juger#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a sixth part of an as, (in particular —)",
"the sixth part of a sextarius (a measure of liquid)"
],
"links": [
[
"sixth",
"sixth#English"
],
[
"as",
"as#Latin"
],
[
"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": "[ˈs̠ɛks̠t̪ä̃ːs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsek.stans/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈsɛkst̪äns]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"la:Sextans (nummus)"
],
"word": "sextans"
}
Download raw JSONL data for sextans meaning in All languages combined (5.6kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-04-29 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-04-20 using wiktextract (4eaa824 and ea19a0a). 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.