numeral
sex
sex (indeclinable)
Classical[ˈsɛks]Ecclesiastical[ˈsɛks]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- indeclinablesix; 6
Ibi praesidium ponit et in altera parte fluminis Q.Titurium Sabinum legatum cum sex cohortibus relinquit;
Over that river was a bridge: there he places a guard; and on the other side of the river he leaves Quintus Titurius Sabinus, his legate, with six cohorts.c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 2.5haec super inposita est caeli fulgentis imago, signaque sex foribus dextris totidemque sinistris
Above these was placed an image of the shining sky, and six signs [of the zodiac] on the doorways to the right and the same number on the left.8 CE, Ovidius, Metamorphoses 2.17–18
sex (also written VI., and in inscrr. SEXS; cf. Inscr. Orell. 3745), num. adj. cf. Sanscr. shash, Gr. ἕξ, Goth. saihs, Germ. sechs, Engl. six,
I. six:
sex minae, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 21: dies, id. Cist. 2, 1, 13: menses, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 46; id. Ad. 3, 3, 42: sex aut septem loca, Lucr. 4, 577: suffragia, Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 39: sex et nonaginta, id. ib.: sex et quinquaginta milia passuum, id. Rosc. Am. 7, 19: decem et sex milia peditum armati, Liv. 37, 40: inter Bis sex famulas (= duodecim), Ov. M. 4, 220; Verg. A. 9, 272: sex septem, six or seven, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 41; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 58; v. septem, sex primi, sexprimi.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
sex or VI adj. num.
cf. Gr. ἕξ, Engl. six, six : Sex menses, T.: milia passuum: HS sex milia: decem et sex milia peditum armati, L.: inter Bis sex famulas (i. e. duodecim), O.: Sex septem, six or seven , T., H.: Sex primi, a board of six magistrates, council of selectmen .
sex prīmī see sex.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*swéḱs
- Proto-Italic*seks
- Latinsex
Inherited from Proto-Italic *seks, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Cognates include Sanskrit षष् (ṣaṣ), Old Armenian վեց (vecʻ), Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx), and Old English six (English six).
Gallo-Romance
- Frenchsixfrom Old French sis
- Englishsicefrom Old French sis
- Englishsisefrom Old French sis
- Englishsizefrom Old French sis
- Franco-Provençalsiéx
- Normansixfrom Old French sis
- Walloonshijhfrom Old French sis
- Japaneseサイスfrom Old French sis
Ibero-Romance
- Portugueseseisfrom Old Galician-Portuguese seis
- Portugueseseysfrom Old Galician-Portuguese seis
- Portugueseseixfrom Old Galician-Portuguese seis
- Spanishseis
- Aragoneseseis
- Aragonesesies
- Aragonesesieis
- Asturianseisfrom Old Leonese seis
- Asturianseyesfrom Old Leonese seis
- Asturiansesfrom Old Leonese seis
Occitano-Romance
- Catalansis
- Occitansièisfrom Old Occitan seis
Balkan Romance
- Romanianșase
- Aromanianshasi
- Aromanianshase
- Aromaniansheasi
- Aromanianshease
- Istro-Romanianșåse
- Megleno-Romanianșasi
Italo-Romance
- Italiansei
- Corsicansei
- Tarantinosèjefrom Neapolitan séje
- Siciliansei
Insular Romance
- Sardinianses
Dalmatian Romance
- Dalmatiansi
- Istriotseije
North Italian
- Friuliansîs
- Ladinsies
- Romanshsis
- Romanshseis
- Romanshses
- Emiliansî
- Emiliansē
- Emiliansiē
- Liguriansêi
- Lombardseesfrom Old Lombard sex
Elsewhere
- Asturiansesmufrom Vulgar Latin *seximus
- Asturiansesmafrom Vulgar Latin *seximus
In English words that came into English from sex
- semestersēmestris
- senarysēnārius
- sexenarysēnārius
- senariussēnārius
- sexysex
- sextanssextāns
- sextainsextus
- sexenniumsexennium
- sexangularsexangulāris
- sexfidsexifidus
- sedecimalsēdecim
- senocularsēnī
- sexviratesexvirātus
- sexanglesexangulus