LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

sexennis

sexennis (neuter sexenne)
Classical[sɛkˈsɛn.nɪs]Ecclesiastical[seɡˈzɛn.nis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationsix-year-old
    [Milphio] Di vostram fidem, nimium lepidum memoras facinus. nam erus meus Agorastocles ibidem gnatust, inde surptus fere sexennis, postibi qui eum surrupuit huc devexit meoque ero eum hic vendidit.c. 194 BCE, Plautus, Poenulus 4.2.78–82
    Indicia quoque aetatis [cervis] in illis [cornibus] gerunt, singulos annis adicientibus ramos usque ad sexennes; ab eo tempore similia revivescunt, nec potest aetas discerni; sed dentibus senecta declaratur: aut enim paucos aut nullos habent nec in cornibus imis ramos, alioqui ante frontem prominere solitos iunioribus.77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia VIII.32.50
  2. two terminationof six years, lasting six years
  3. raretwo terminationhappening after an interval of six years
    Atque ipsis, ad quorum commodum pertinebat, durior inventus est Caelius. Et ab hoc profectus initio, ne frustra ingressus turpem causam videretur, legem promulgavit, ut sexenni die sine usuris creditae pecuniae solvantur.c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico III.20

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesexennissexennissexenne
genitivesexennissexennissexennis
dativesexennīsexennīsexennī
accusativesexennemsexennemsexenne
ablativesexennīsexennīsexennī
vocativesexennissexennissexenne
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesexennēssexennēssexennia
genitivesexenniumsexenniumsexennium
dativesexennibussexennibussexennibus
accusativesexennīs
sexennēs		sexennīs
sexennēs		sexennia
ablativesexennibussexennibussexennibus
vocativesexennēssexennēssexennia

sexennis, e, adj. sex-annus,
I. of six years, six years old: erus, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 80; 5, 2, 27: cervi, Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 116: sexenni die, after six years, an interval of six years, Caes. B. C. 3, 20.

Origins

From sex (“six”) + annus (“year”) + -is (suffix forming compound adjectives).

In English words that came into English from sexennis

  • sexenniumsexennium

Quick answers

What does sexennis mean in Latin?
sexennis, a adjective, means “six-year-old; of six years, lasting six years; happening after an interval of six years”.
How do you pronounce sexennis?
In classical Latin, [sɛkˈsɛn.nɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [seɡˈzɛn.nis].