sexagesimus Latin · revision 33474

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=190–159 BC, Terence|origins=ine-pro *(s)ueks}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [sɛk.saːˈɡeː.sɪ.mʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [seɡ.zaˈd͡ʒɛː.s̬i.mus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sexāgēsimus''' (feminine sexāgēsima, neuter sexāgēsimum); first/second-declension numeral^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sexāgintā|-ēsimus|t1=sixty]],^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) also spelt ⟨sexāgēnsimus⟩ and ⟨sexāgēnsumus⟩.^(OLD 2012) De Vaan explains [[m|la|sexāgintā]] as [[m|la|sex|t=six]] with an ⟨-ā-⟩ inserted on the model of [[m|la|quadrāgintā]]; [[m|la|sex]] goes back to [[itc-pro|*seks]] and [[ine-pro|*(s)ueks|t=six]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|ἕξ|tr=héx]], [[sga|sé]] and [[lt|šešì]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler record it first in Terence,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) who has ''annō quīntō et sexāgēsimō'', “in his sixty-fifth year”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the regular ordinal “sixtieth”, used of years of age (Cicero says that Hortensius pleaded for Appius in his sixty-fourth year), of days and of harvests (Martial).^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) The feminine ''sexāgēsima'', with ''pars'' understood, means a sixtieth part, as of a denarius in Pliny the Elder.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Ecclesiastical Latin ''Sexāgēsima'' became the name of the second Sunday before Lent.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of a person's age.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of years and of days.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses the feminine for a sixtieth part.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial counts harvests with it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * Ecclesiastical Latin – ''Sexāgēsima'' names the second Sunday before Lent.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Numeral===

+ # [[m|en|sixtieth|alt=Sixtieth]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''sexāgēsima'' (feminine, as a noun): a sixtieth part.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' ''Sexāgēsima'': [[m|en|Sexagesima]], the second Sunday before [[m|en|Lent]].^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sexāgintā]]

+ * [[sex]]

+ * [[sexāgēnī]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}