Sextus

See also: sextus

Latin

An aureus with on the obverse the profile of Sextus Pompeius "Magnus Pius" and profiles of his murdered father and brother on the reverse.

Alternative forms

• Sex. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From sextus, probably originally referring to the month of birth, sextīlis (“August”), rather than its order.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsek.stus/, [ˈs̠ɛks̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsek.stus/, [ˈsɛkst̪us]

Proper noun

Sextus m (genitive Sextī); second declension

1. A masculine praenomen, particularly popular in Gaul. In particular:
   1. Sextus Pompeius (a Roman general from the late Republic)
      • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistuale ad Atticum 16.4.2.1:

        Sextum autem nūntiant cum ūnā sōlum legiōne fuisse ad Carthāginem

        The messengers further report that Sextus had been at Carthage with only one legion

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Sextus	Sextī
genitive	Sextī	Sextōrum
dative	Sextō	Sextīs
accusative	Sextum	Sextōs
ablative	Sextō	Sextīs
vocative	Sexte	Sextī

Further reading

• “Sextus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Sextus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.