sesquidiurnus
Latin
Etymology
sēsquidiēs (“a day and a half”) + -urnus (suffix forming adjectives), after diurnus
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [seːs.kʷɪ.diˈʊr.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ses.kʷi.d̪iˈur.nus]
Adjective
sēsquidiurnus (feminine sēsquidiurna, neuter sēsquidiurnum); first/second-declension adjective
- (New Latin) occurring once every day and a half (thirty-six hours), sesquidiurnal
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:sesquidiurnus.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | sēsquidiurnus | sēsquidiurna | sēsquidiurnum | sēsquidiurnī | sēsquidiurnae | sēsquidiurna | |
| genitive | sēsquidiurnī | sēsquidiurnae | sēsquidiurnī | sēsquidiurnōrum | sēsquidiurnārum | sēsquidiurnōrum | |
| dative | sēsquidiurnō | sēsquidiurnae | sēsquidiurnō | sēsquidiurnīs | |||
| accusative | sēsquidiurnum | sēsquidiurnam | sēsquidiurnum | sēsquidiurnōs | sēsquidiurnās | sēsquidiurna | |
| ablative | sēsquidiurnō | sēsquidiurnā | sēsquidiurnō | sēsquidiurnīs | |||
| vocative | sēsquidiurne | sēsquidiurna | sēsquidiurnum | sēsquidiurnī | sēsquidiurnae | sēsquidiurna | |
Descendants
- → English: sesquidiurnal