sexangulus

Latin

Etymology

From sex (“six”) +‎ angulus (“angled”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

sexangulus (feminine sexangula, neuter sexangulum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. hexagonal
    • 1611, Johannes Kepler, Strena seu De Niva Sexangula, title:
      De Niva Sexangula.
      On the Hexagonal Snowflake.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative sexangulus sexangula sexangulum sexangulī sexangulae sexangula
genitive sexangulī sexangulae sexangulī sexangulōrum sexangulārum sexangulōrum
dative sexangulō sexangulae sexangulō sexangulīs
accusative sexangulum sexangulam sexangulum sexangulōs sexangulās sexangula
ablative sexangulō sexangulā sexangulō sexangulīs
vocative sexangule sexangula sexangulum sexangulī sexangulae sexangula

References

  • “sexangulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sexangulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sexangulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

sexangulus in John C. Traupman, Conversational Latin for Oral Proficiency, Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2007

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