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adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

Sextīlis

Sextīlis (neuter Sextīle)
Classical[sɛkˈstiː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[sekˈstiː.lis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationOf August, the sixth month of the Roman calendar or eighth month of the Gregorian calendar.

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeSextīlisSextīlisSextīle
genitiveSextīlisSextīlisSextīlis
dativeSextīlīSextīlīSextīlī
accusativeSextīlemSextīlemSextīle
ablativeSextīlīSextīlīSextīlī
vocativeSextīlisSextīlisSextīle
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeSextīlēsSextīlēsSextīlia
genitiveSextīliumSextīliumSextīlium
dativeSextīlibusSextīlibusSextīlibus
accusativeSextīlīs
Sextīlēs		Sextīlīs
Sextīlēs		Sextīlia
ablativeSextīlibusSextīlibusSextīlibus
vocativeSextīlēsSextīlēsSextīlia

Sextīlis, e, adj. sextus,
I. sixth, only with mensis, of the month of August: MENSE SEXTILI, S. C. ap. Macr. S. 1, 12 fin.: Sextili menso caminus, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 19. —Hence, subst.: Sextīlis, is, m. (sc. mensis), the sixth (month); hence, the month of August, acc. to the old Roman reckoning (counting from March), afterwards called Augustus (v. h. v., and cf. Varr. L. L. 6, 4 fin.), Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 1: Sextilem totum mendax desideror, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 2: Kalendae, of August, Liv. 3, 6; 6, 1 fin.: Nonae, Idus, id. 41, 16.

Origins

From sextus (“sixth”) + -īlis (“-ile”, suffix forming adjectives & nouns); presumably derived from its original place in the Roman calendar, though it became the 8th month after the new year began to be calculated from January.

Descendants
  • Catalansextil
  • Englishsextile

In English words that came into English from Sextīlis

  • sextileSextīlis

Quick answers

What does Sextīlis mean in Latin?
Sextīlis, a adjective, means “Of August, the sixth month of the Roman calendar or eighth month of the Gregorian calendar.”.
How do you pronounce Sextīlis?
In classical Latin, [sɛkˈstiː.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [sekˈstiː.lis].