bisextilis

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

bisextilis (neuter bisextile); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. (relational) leap year, bissextile
    • 1553, Luminarum atque Planetarum motuum Tabulae octogina quinque, omnium ex his quae Alphonsum sequuntur quam faciles‎[1]:
      Anni videlicet solares ex diebus 365 et quarta partes unius diei: quorum tres primi solum ex 365 diebus pro quolibet numerantur, qui non bissextiles dicuntur: quartus vero, ex 366 diebus componitur, et bissextilis nuncupatur.
      Every solar year is 365 and a quarter days: of these, each of the first three number 365 days, and they are called non-bissextiles, while the fourth, composed of 366 days, is called bissextile.
  2. intercalary

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative bisextilis bisextile bisextilēs bisextilia
genitive bisextilis bisextilium
dative bisextilī bisextilibus
accusative bisextilem bisextile bisextilēs
bisextilīs 		bisextilia
ablative bisextilī bisextilibus
vocative bisextilis bisextile bisextilēs bisextilia

Descendants

  • → Catalan: bissextil (learned)
  • → English: bissextile
  • → French: bissextil (learned)

References

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