quinisextus

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Latin

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Etymology

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From quīntus (fifth) +‎ -i- +‎ sextus (sixth), calque of Byzantine Greek πενθέκτη (penthéktē), from πέντε (pénte) +‎ ἕκτος (héktos), since the council was held to complete the fifth and sixth ecumenical councils.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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quīnisextus (feminine quīnisexta, neuter quīnisextum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) Quinisext; of or pertaining to the Quinisext Council of 692 CE.
    • 1768, Jordan Simon, Praelectiones Historico-Canonicae [] , volume 1, page 455:
      Additi sunt postmodum huic Codici Canones Quinisexti sive Trullani
      The Quinisext or Trullan Canons are subsequently appended to this Book

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

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  • English: Quinisext, Quinisextine