adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
sexangulus
sexangulus (feminine sexangula, neuter sexangulum)
Classical[sɛkˈsaŋ.ɡʊ.ɫʊs]Ecclesiastical[seɡˈzaŋ.ɡu.lus]
Meaning
- adjectivehexagonal
De Niva Sexangula.
On the Hexagonal Snowflake.1611, Johannes Kepler, Strena seu De Niva Sexangula, title:
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sexangulus | sexangula | sexangulum |
| genitive | sexangulī | sexangulae | sexangulī |
| dative | sexangulō | sexangulae | sexangulō |
| accusative | sexangulum | sexangulam | sexangulum |
| ablative | sexangulō | sexangulā | sexangulō |
| vocative | sexangule | sexangula | sexangulum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sexangulī | sexangulae | sexangula |
| genitive | sexangulōrum | sexangulārum | sexangulōrum |
| dative | sexangulīs | sexangulīs | sexangulīs |
| accusative | sexangulōs | sexangulās | sexangula |
| ablative | sexangulīs | sexangulīs | sexangulīs |
| vocative | sexangulī | sexangulae | sexangula |
sex-angŭlus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. sexangular, hexagonal:
cera, Ov. M. 15, 382: cellae (apium), Plin. 11, 11, 12, § 29: figura, id. 37, 5, 20, § 76: laevor laterum, id. 37, 4, 15, § 56: crystallus, Sol. 15, 29 fin.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
sex-angulus adj.,
with six angles, hexagonal: cera, O.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- Proto-Indo-European *h₂engulos Proto-Italic *angulos Latin angulus Latin sexangulus From sex (“six”) + angulus (“angled”).
In English words that came into English from sexangulus
- sexangularsexangulāris
- sexanglesexangulus