sex Latin · revision 3573

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *(s)ueks}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈsɛks]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈsɛks]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sex''' (indeclinable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*seks|t=six]], [[inh|ine-pro|*(s)ueks|t=six]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Proto-Italic dropped the /w/ of *sweks by analogy with *septm̥ “seven”.^(de Vaan 2008) In [[sedecim|alt=sēdecim]] “sixteen” and [[seni|alt=sēnī]] “six each” the /ks/ was lost before a voiced consonant with lengthening of the vowel.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ Cognate with [[sga|sé|t=six]], [[sa|षष्|tr=ṣáṣ|t=six]], [[ae|xšuuaš|t=six]], [[grc|ἕξ|tr=héx|t=six]], [[got|𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃|tr=saihs|t=six]] and [[en|six]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus onwards,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) as in ''sex minae'', “six minas”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was always the number six.^(OLD 2012) ''Sex menses'', “six months”, meant half a year, and ''sex septem'' “six or seven”.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016) The spelling ''sexs'' is common in inscriptions.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ It survives as Italian ''sei'', French ''six'', Spanish and Portuguese ''seis'' and Romanian ''șase''.^(Wiktionary) English ''sice'', a six at dice, came from it through Old French in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses ''sex menses'', “six months”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''sice'' comes from it through Old French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Numeral===

+ # [[m|en|Six]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sēiugis]]

+ * [[sēmēnstris]]

+ * [[sēnī]]

+ * [[sēpēs]]

+ * [[sescentī]]

+ * [[sēvir]]

+ * [[sexangulus]]

+ * [[sexātrūs]]

+ * [[sexennis]]

+ * [[sexennium]]

+ * [[sexiens]]

+ * [[sexpertītus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|six]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}