LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

quīnisextus

quīnisextus (feminine quīnisexta, neuter quīnisextum)
Ecclesiastical[kʷi.niˈs̬ɛk.stus]

Meaning

  1. EcclesiasticalLatinadjectiveQuinisext; of or pertaining to the Quinisext Council of 692 CE.
    Additi sunt postmodum huic Codici Canones Quinisexti sive TrullaniThe Quinisext or Trullan Canons are subsequently appended to this Book1768, Jordan Simon, Praelectiones Historico-Canonicae […] , volume 1, page 455:

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativequīnisextusquīnisextaquīnisextum
genitivequīnisextīquīnisextaequīnisextī
dativequīnisextōquīnisextaequīnisextō
accusativequīnisextumquīnisextamquīnisextum
ablativequīnisextōquīnisextāquīnisextō
vocativequīnisextequīnisextaquīnisextum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativequīnisextīquīnisextaequīnisexta
genitivequīnisextōrumquīnisextārumquīnisextōrum
dativequīnisextīsquīnisextīsquīnisextīs
accusativequīnisextōsquīnisextāsquīnisexta
ablativequīnisextīsquīnisextīsquīnisextīs
vocativequīnisextīquīnisextaequīnisexta

Origins

From quīntus (“fifth”) + -i- + sextus (“sixth”), calque of Byzantine Greek πενθέκτη (penthéktē), from πέντε (pénte) + ἕκτος (héktos), since the council was held to complete the fifth and sixth ecumenical councils.

Descendants
  • EnglishQuinisext
  • EnglishQuinisextine

Quick answers

What does quīnisextus mean in Latin?
quīnisextus, a adjective, means “Quinisext; of or pertaining to the Quinisext Council of 692 CE.”.