sexennis
Latin
Etymology
sex (“six”) + annus (“year”) + -is (suffix forming compound adjectives).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɛkˈsɛn.nɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [seɡˈzɛn.nis]
Adjective
sexennis (neuter sexenne); third-declension two-termination adjective
- six years old
- of six years, lasting six years
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | sexennis | sexenne | sexennēs | sexennia | |
| genitive | sexennis | sexennium | |||
| dative | sexennī | sexennibus | |||
| accusative | sexennem | sexenne | sexennēs sexennīs |
sexennia | |
| ablative | sexennī | sexennibus | |||
| vocative | sexennis | sexenne | sexennēs | sexennia | |
Coordinate terms
- biennis, triennis, quadriennis, quinquennis, septuennis, octennis, novennis, decennis, undecennis, duodecennis, tridecennis, quattuordecennis, quindecennis, sedecennis, septendecennis, duodevicennis, undevicennis, vicennis, tricennis, quadragennis, quinquagennis, sexagennis, septuagennis, octogennis, nonagennis, centennis, ducentennis, trecentennis, quadringentennis, quingentennis, sescentennis, septingentennis, octingentennis, nongentennis, millennis
References
- “sexennis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sexennis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1434/2.
- “sexennis” on page 1752/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)