Sextilis
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- sextilis (alternative letter-case form)
Etymology
[edit]From sextus (“sixth”) + -īlis (“-ile”, suffix forming adjectives & nouns); presumably derived from its original place in the Roman calendar, though it became the 8th month after the new year began to be calculated from January.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /sekˈstiː.lis/, [s̠ɛkˈs̠t̪iːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sekˈsti.lis/, [sekˈst̪iːlis]
Adjective
[edit]Sextīlis (neuter Sextīle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- Of August, the sixth month of the Roman calendar or eighth month of the Gregorian calendar.
Usage notes
[edit]In Latin, the month names are used as adjectives. In the Classical period, this adjective modifies a noun identifying a particular day, from which the date was reckoned. In Medieval Latin and later periods, the adjective modifies a numeral for the day of the month.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension two-termination adjective.
singular | plural | ||||
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masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
nominative | Sextīlis | Sextīle | Sextīlēs | Sextīlia | |
genitive | Sextīlis | Sextīlium | |||
dative | Sextīlī | Sextīlibus | |||
accusative | Sextīlem | Sextīle | Sextīlēs Sextīlīs |
Sextīlia | |
ablative | Sextīlī | Sextīlibus | |||
vocative | Sextīlis | Sextīle | Sextīlēs | Sextīlia |