LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

sexennium

sexennium n (genitive sexenniī or sexennī)
Classical[sɛkˈsɛn.ni.ũː]Ecclesiastical[seɡˈzɛn.ni.um]

Meaning

  1. neutera period of six years, sexennium
    Sed illi seni qui mortuost, ei filius, unicus qui fuerat, ab divitiis a patre puer septuennis surripitur Carthagine,c. 194 BCE, Plautus, Poenulus prologus.0.66–69

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesexenniumsexennia
genitivesexenniī
sexennī		sexenniōrum
dativesexenniōsexenniīs
accusativesexenniumsexennia
ablativesexenniōsexenniīs
vocativesexenniumsexennia

sexennĭum, ii, n. sexennis,
I. a period of six years, six years: puer subripitur Sexennio prius quam moritur pater, Plaut. Poen. prol. 67: tribuni plebis tulerunt de provinciis contra acta Caesaris, ille biennium, hi sexennium, Cic. Phil. 5, 3, 7; so id. Div. 1, 44, 100; id. Att. 6, 1, 5.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swéḱs
  2. Proto-Italic*seks
  3. Latinsexennium

Proto-Indo-European *h₂et- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *h₂etnós Proto-Italic *atnos? Latin annus Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin sexennis Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin sexennium From sexennis (“of six years; six years old”) + -ium.

Descendants
  • Catalansexenni
  • Englishsexennium
  • Italiansessennio
  • Spanishsexenio

In English words that came into English from sexennium

  • sexenniumsexennium

Quick answers

What does sexennium mean in Latin?
sexennium, a noun, means “a period of six years, sexennium”.
What is the genitive of sexennium?
The genitive singular is sexenniī. sexennium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce sexennium?
In classical Latin, [sɛkˈsɛn.ni.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [seɡˈzɛn.ni.um].
Where does sexennium come from?
Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs → Proto-Italic *seks → Latin sexennium.