"sextans" meaning in Latin

See sextans in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈsɛk.stãːs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈsɛk.stans] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From sex (“six”). Etymology templates: {{pagetype}} entry, {{langname|la}} Latin, {{categorize|la|Requests for quotations in Latin|sort=}}, {{rfq|la}} 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 21 5 5 50 7 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 15 15 15 15 15 19 7 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

Alternative forms

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