dextans
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Contraction of dēsēxtāns from dē- (off-) + sēxtāns (sixth)
Noun
[edit]dēxtāns m (genitive dēxtantis); third declension
- a sixth less than the whole, thus five-sixths (especially of a foot, or of an hour)
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēxtāns | dēxtantēs |
| genitive | dēxtantis | dēxtantium |
| dative | dēxtantī | dēxtantibus |
| accusative | dēxtantem | dēxtantēs dēxtantīs |
| ablative | dēxtante | dēxtantibus |
| vocative | dēxtāns | dēxtantēs |
References
[edit]- “dextans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dextans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “dextans”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “dextans”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin