LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
numeral

sexāgintā

sexāgintā (indeclinable)
Classical[sɛk.saːˈɡɪn.taː]Ecclesiastical[seɡ.zaˈd͡ʒin.ta]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. indeclinablesixty; 60

sexāginta, num. adj. kindred with ἑξήκοντα.
I. sixty: minae, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 32: anni, id. Most. 2, 2, 63: sexaginta annos natus, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 10: minorem annis sexaginta de ponte dejecerit, Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100 (v. sexagenarius fin.): major annis sexaginta, Liv. 49, 4; Mart. 7, 9, 1: ante annos quinque et sexaginta, quam, etc., Vell. 1, 6, 4: personae sexaginta quattuor, Dig. 38, 10, § 17 med.—*
II. Transf., for an indefinitely large number: limina, Mart. 12, 26, 1.

Origins

From Proto-Indo-European *sweḱsḱomt, from earlier *swéḱsdḱomt (“six-ten”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἑξήκοντα (hexḗkonta).

Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanseixanta
  • Occitanseissanta
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesesessentafrom Old Galician-Portuguese sessaenta
  • Spanishsesentafrom Old Spanish sessaenta
  • Asturiansesenta
  • Galiciansesentafrom Old Galician-Portuguese sessaenta
Italo-Romance
  • Italiansessanta
  • Siciliansissanta
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchsoixantefrom Old French soissante
  • Normansessànte
  • Normansouaixante
  • Walloonswessante
Insular Romance
  • Sardiniansessanta
Padanian
  • Emilians-santa
  • Friuliansessante
  • Ladinsessanta
  • Romanshsessanta
  • Romanshsissonta
  • Romanshsissànta
  • Romanshsesaunta
  • Romanshsesanta
  • Venetansesanta

In English words that came into English from sexāgintā

  • sexagenariansexāgēnārius
  • sexagesimalsexagesimalis
  • sexagenarysexāgēnārius

Quick answers

What does sexāgintā mean in Latin?
sexāgintā, a numeral, means “sixty; 60”.
How do you pronounce sexāgintā?
In classical Latin, [sɛk.saːˈɡɪn.taː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [seɡ.zaˈd͡ʒin.ta].
Which English words come from sexāgintā?
English words that go back to Latin sexāgintā include sexagenarian, sexagesimal and sexagenary.