dextans
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Contraction of dēsēxtāns from dē- (off-) + sēxtāns (sixth)
Noun[edit]
dēxtāns m (genitive dēxtantis); third declension
- a sixth less than the whole, thus five-sixths (especially of a foot, or of an hour)
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | dēxtāns | dēxtantēs |
Genitive | dēxtantis | dēxtantium |
Dative | dēxtantī | dēxtantibus |
Accusative | dēxtantem | dēxtantēs dēxtantīs |
Ablative | dēxtante | dēxtantibus |
Vocative | dēxtāns | dēxtantēs |
References[edit]
- “dextans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dextans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “dextans”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “dextans”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin