bisextilis

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /biˈsek.sti.lis/, [bɪˈsɛk.stɪ.lɪs]

Adjective

bisextilis (neuter bisextile); third declension

  1. leap year, bisextile (attributive)
    • 1553, Luminarum atque Planetarum motuum Tabulae octogina quinque, omnium ex his quae Alphonsum sequuntur quam faciles
      Anni videlicet solares ex diebus 365 et quarta partes unius diei: quorum tres primi solum ex 365 diebus pro quolibet numerantur, qui non bissextiles dicuntur: quartus vero, ex 366 diebus componitur, et bissextilis nuncupatur.
      Every solar year is 365 and a quarter days: of these, each of the first three number 365 days, and they are called non-bissextiles, while the fourth, composed of 366 days, is called bissextile.
  2. intercalary

Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative bisextilis bisextile bisextilēs bisextilia
Genitive bisextilis bisextilis bisextilium bisextilium
Dative bisextilī bisextilī bisextilibus bisextilibus
Accusative bisextilem bisextile bisextilēs, bisextilīs bisextilia
Ablative bisextilī bisextilī bisextilibus bisextilibus
Vocative bisextilis bisextile bisextilēs bisextilia

References

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