sexangulus

Latin

Etymology

sex- (“six”) +‎ angulus (“angled”)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /sekˈsan.ɡu.lus/, [sɛkˈsaŋ.ɡʊ.ɫʊs]

Adjective

sexangulus (feminine sexangula, neuter sexangulum); first/second declension

  1. hexagonal
    • 1611, Johannes Kepler, Strena seu De Niva Sexangula, title:
      De Niva Sexangula.
      On the Hexagonal Snowflake.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sexangulus sexangula sexangulum sexangulī sexangulae sexangula
Genitive sexangulī sexangulae sexangulī sexangulōrum sexangulārum sexangulōrum
Dative sexangulō sexangulō sexangulīs
Accusative sexangulum sexangulam sexangulum sexangulōs sexangulās sexangula
Ablative sexangulō sexangulā sexangulō sexangulīs
Vocative sexangule sexangula sexangulum sexangulī sexangulae sexangula

References
  • sexangulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sexangulus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sexangulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

sexangulus in John C. Traupman, Conversational Latin for Oral Proficiency, Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2007

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