sextilis

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sekˈstiː.lis/, [sɛkˈstiː.lɪs]

sextīlis (neuter sextīle); third-declension two-termination adjective

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

In Latin, the month names are used as adjectives. In the Classical period, this adjective modifies a noun identifying a particular day, from which the date was reckoned. In Medieval Latin and later periods, the adjective modifies a numeral for the day of the month.

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

• augustus

• Sextilis, Sextile