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“six” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

six
sex: seni, -ae, a (distributive, six at each time, six to each; e.g., senos viros singuli currus vehebant; especially with substantives used only in the plur.; e.g., senas litteras uno tempore accepi, six letters; aestus maris senis horis reciproci, every six hours). Consisting of six, senarius: at six o’clock, hora sexta: six or seven, sex septem; sex aut septem: twice six, bis sex: six years old, sexennis: the number six, numerus senarius (Macrobius): the six on dice, senio (Suet.): six times, sexies: six hundred, sexcenti; (with substantive found only in plur.) sexceni; (distributive) sexceni: one of a body or committee of six, sevir: six years after the taking of Veii, sexennio post Veios captos: every six years, sexto quoque anno; transactis senis annis: six twelfths, semis: to drive six horses, sejugibus vehi: he did not do it till he had been reminded six times, sexies admonitus fecit: six-fold, sexies tantum (Vid: Cic., Verr., 3, 43, 102; ☞ not sextuplus): six-fingered, sex or senis digitis; sedigitus; cui in manibus digiti seni: a six-pounder, *tormentum globis senūm librarum mittendis aptum: six-oared, hexeris (Liv.); sex remis instructus: a house six stories high, domus sex tabulationes habens (after Vitr. 5, 5, 7): consisting of six parts, sex partibus constans; sextantarius (Plin.).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for six?
The usual Latin words for “six” are sex, senex, sēnārius; also sexennis. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.