noun · neutersecond declension
hexagōnum
hexagōnum n (genitive hexagōnī)
Classical[hɛk.saˈɡoː.nũː]Ecclesiastical[eɡ.zaˈɡɔː.num]
Meaning
- hexagon
Hexagonum in Trigono conſpicio: non æquantur.
I see a Hexagon in a Triangle: they are not equal.1659, Juan Caramuel Lobkowitz, Caramuelis metalogica disputationes de logicae essentia, proprietatibus, et operationibus continens, volume 3, page 139:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hexagōnum | hexagōna |
| genitive | hexagōnī | hexagōnōrum |
| dative | hexagōnō | hexagōnīs |
| accusative | hexagōnum | hexagōna |
| ablative | hexagōnō | hexagōnīs |
| vocative | hexagōnum | hexagōna |
hexăgōnum, i, n., = ἑξάγωνον,
I. a six-sided figure, hexagon, Col. 5, 2, 10 (in Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 5 written as Greek); also called hexăgōnium, Ambros. Hexaēm. 5, 21, 69.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἑξάγωνον (hexágōnon, “hexagon”), from ἑξα- (hexa-, “six”) + -γωνος (-gōnos, “angled”).
Descendants
- Catalanhexàgon
- Englishhexagon
- Frenchhexagone
- GermanHexagon
- Portuguesehexágono
- Romanianhexagon
- Spanishhexágono
- Indonesianheksagonfrom English hexagon
- Galicianhexágono
- Idohexagono
In English words that came into English from hexagōnum
- hexagonhexagōnum