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noun · masculinethird declension

dēxtāns

dēxtāns m (genitive dēxtantis)

Meaning

  1. a sixth less than the whole, thus five-sixths (especially of a foot, or of an hour)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedēxtānsdēxtantēs
genitivedēxtantisdēxtantium
dativedēxtantīdēxtantibus
accusativedēxtantemdēxtantēs
dēxtantīs
ablativedēxtantedēxtantibus
vocativedēxtānsdēxtantēs

dextans, antis, m. contr. from de and sextans: as dempto sextante, Varr. L. L. 5, § 172 Müll.,
I. ten twelfths of any thing (mostly post-Aug.; Cic. writes instead: pars dimidia et tertia, Fam. 13, 29, 4; cf.: remissis senio et trientibus, id. Sest. 25, 55), Varr. l. l.: jugeri, Col. 5, 1, 12: horae, Plin. 18, 32, 75, § 324: gradus neque crassiores dextante, neque tenuiores dodrante, Vitr. 3, 3: pro semisse dextans, Suet. Ner. 32.

Origins

Contraction of dēsēxtāns from dē- (off-) + sēxtāns (sixth)

Quick answers

What does dēxtāns mean in Latin?
dēxtāns, a noun, means “a sixth less than the whole, thus five-sixths (especially of a foot, or of an hour)”.
What is the genitive of dēxtāns?
The genitive singular is dēxtantis. dēxtāns is masculine, third declension.