sextans

See also: Sextans

English
A sextans of the Roman Republic, circa 210 BC.

Etymology

From Latin sextāns, from sex (“six”).

Noun

sextans

  1. (historical, Roman antiquity) A Roman coin worth one sixth of an as.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for sextans in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Etymology

From sex (“six”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsek.stans/, [ˈsɛk.stãːs]

Noun

sextāns m (genitive sextantis); third declension

  1. a sixth part of an as, (in particular —)
    1. (a coin)
    2. (a weight)
    3. the sixth part of a juger (a measure of land)
    4. the sixth part of a sextarius (a measure of liquid)
    5. (a measure of length)
  2. (mathematics) the sixth part of the number six (as of the numerus perfectus, in other words) unity, one
  3. (Later Latin) a sextant (nautical instrument)

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sextāns sextantēs
Genitive sextantis sextantium
Dative sextantī sextantibus
Accusative sextantem sextantēs
Ablative sextante sextantibus
Vocative sextāns sextantēs

Descendants

See also

References
  • sextans in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sextans in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sextans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • sextans in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sextans in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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