adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er, pronominal declension)
sēsquialter
sēsquialter (feminine sēsquialtera, neuter sēsquialterum)
Classical[seːs.kʷiˈaɫ.tɛr]Ecclesiastical[ses.kʷiˈal.ter]
Meaning
- adjective1½ times, once and a half
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | in -er sēsquialter | sēsquialtera | sēsquialterum |
| genitive | sēsquialterī̆us | sēsquialterī̆us | sēsquialterī̆us |
| dative | sēsquialterī | sēsquialterī | sēsquialterī |
| accusative | sēsquialterum | sēsquialteram | sēsquialterum |
| ablative | sēsquialterō | sēsquialterā | sēsquialterō |
| vocative | sēsquialter | sēsquialtera | sēsquialterum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sēsquialterī | sēsquialterae | sēsquialtera |
| genitive | sēsquialterōrum | sēsquialterārum | sēsquialterōrum |
| dative | sēsquialterīs | sēsquialterīs | sēsquialterīs |
| accusative | sēsquialterōs | sēsquialterās | sēsquialtera |
| ablative | sēsquialterīs | sēsquialterīs | sēsquialterīs |
| vocative | sēsquialterī | sēsquialterae | sēsquialtera |
sesquĭ-alter, ĕra, ĕrum, adj.,
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
sēsqui-alter era, erum, adj.,
once and a half: tertia pars, secundae sesquialtera.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Italic *aljos Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *aliteros Latin alter Latin sēsquialter From sēsqui- (“a half and a”) + alter (“another, a second”).
Descendants
- Englishsesquialter
- Italiansesquialtero
In English words that came into English from sēsquialter
- sesquialteralsēsquialter
- sesquialterasesquialtera
- sesquialtersēsquialter
- sesquialteratesēsquialter
- sesquialteransēsquialter
- sesquialteroussēsquialter