"sesquipedalis" meaning in Latin

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Adjective

IPA: /seːs.kʷi.peˈdaː.lis/ [Classical-Latin], [s̠eːs̠kʷɪpɛˈd̪äːlʲɪs̠] [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, plural], sēsquipedālia [neuter, nominative, plural], sēsquipedālis [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], sēsquipedālium [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, plural], sēsquipedālī [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], sēsquipedālibus [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], sēsquipedālem [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], sēsquipedāle [accusative, neuter, singular], sēsquipedālēs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], sēsquipedālīs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], sēsquipedālia [accusative, neuter, plural], sēsquipedālī [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], sēsquipedālibus [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], sēsquipedālis [feminine, masculine, singular, vocative], sēsquipedāle [neuter, singular, vocative], sēsquipedālēs [feminine, masculine, plural, 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 entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms prefixed with sesqui-, Latin terms suffixed with -alis, Latin third declension adjectives of two terminations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 57 38 6 Disambiguation of Latin terms prefixed with sesqui-: 45 32 23 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -alis: 54 33 13 Disambiguation of Latin third declension adjectives of two terminations: 44 31 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 28 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 21 11
  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
  3. Excessively long (of speeches) Tags: declension-3, two-termination
    Sense id: en-sesquipedalis-la-adj-HvKnCJmr
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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.