"sextus" meaning in Latin

See sextus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Numeral

IPA: [ˈsɛk.stʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈsɛk.stus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *swéḱstos Proto-Italic *sekstos Latin sextus Inherited from Proto-Italic *sekstos. Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:inh|itc-pro:*sekstos|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *swéḱstos Proto-Italic *sekstos Latin sextus Inherited from Proto-Italic *sekstos. Head templates: {{la-num-adj|sextus|type=ord}} sextus (feminine sexta, neuter sextum); first/second-declension numeral Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|sextus}} Forms: sexta [feminine], sextum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], sextus [masculine, nominative, singular], sexta [feminine, nominative, singular], sextum [neuter, nominative, singular], sextī [masculine, nominative, plural], sextae [feminine, nominative, plural], sexta [neuter, nominative, plural], sextī [genitive, masculine, singular], sextae [feminine, genitive, singular], sextī [genitive, neuter, singular], sextōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], sextārum [feminine, genitive, plural], sextōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], sextō [dative, masculine, singular], sextae [dative, feminine, singular], sextō [dative, neuter, singular], sextīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], sextum [accusative, masculine, singular], sextam [accusative, feminine, singular], sextum [accusative, neuter, singular], sextōs [accusative, masculine, plural], sextās [accusative, feminine, plural], sexta [accusative, neuter, plural], sextō [ablative, masculine, singular], sextā [ablative, feminine, singular], sextō [ablative, neuter, singular], sextīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], sexte [masculine, singular, vocative], sexta [feminine, singular, vocative], sextum [neuter, singular, vocative], sextī [masculine, plural, vocative], sextae [feminine, plural, vocative], sexta [neuter, plural, vocative], 6tus [alternative]
  1. sixth Tags: declension-1, declension-2, numeral Derived forms: quīnisextus, sexta, sextārius, sextīlis, sextum

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "sexto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "sextate"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "sesta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Emilian",
      "lang_code": "egl",
      "word": "sèst"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "sesta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "sesto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Old French",
      "lang_code": "fro",
      "word": "siste"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "sexto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "sesta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "sestu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "sexto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "sesma"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "siesta"
    }
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        "text": "+",
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      },
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    {
      "form": "sexta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sexta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sexta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sexta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sexte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sexta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sexta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "6tus",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sextus",
        "type": "ord"
      },
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      "name": "la-num-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sextus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "num",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Six",
          "orig": "la:Six",
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "quīnisextus"
        },
        {
          "word": "sexta"
        },
        {
          "word": "sextārius"
        },
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          "word": "sextīlis"
        },
        {
          "word": "sextum"
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        "sixth"
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          "sixth"
        ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛk.stʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛk.stus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sextus"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "quīnisextus"
    },
    {
      "word": "sexta"
    },
    {
      "word": "sextārius"
    },
    {
      "word": "sextīlis"
    },
    {
      "word": "sextum"
    }
  ],
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      "word": "sexto"
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    {
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      "lang_code": "en",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "sextate"
    },
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "sesta"
    },
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      "lang": "Emilian",
      "lang_code": "egl",
      "word": "sèst"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "sesta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "sesto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Old French",
      "lang_code": "fro",
      "word": "siste"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "sexto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "sesta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "sestu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "sexto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "sesma"
    },
    {
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      "lang_code": "es",
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        "text": "+",
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      },
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "sextum",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sexta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "sextī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sexta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sexta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sexte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sexta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sextae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sexta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "6tus",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sextus",
        "type": "ord"
      },
      "expansion": "sextus (feminine sexta, neuter sextum); first/second-declension numeral",
      "name": "la-num-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sextus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "num",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with etymology texts",
        "Latin entries with etymology trees",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin first and second declension numerals",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin numerals",
        "Latin ordinal numbers",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *swéḱs",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymology trees",
        "la:Six"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sixth"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sixth",
          "sixth"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "numeral"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛk.stʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛk.stus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sextus"
}

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