Sextus

See also: sextus

Latin
An aureus with on the obverse the profile of Sextus Pompeius "Magnus Pius" and profiles of his murdered father and brother on the reverse.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From sextus, probably originally referring to the month of birth, sextīlis (“August”), rather than its order.[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sextus m (genitive Sextī); second declension

  1. A masculine praenomen, particularly popular in Gaul. In particular:
    1. Sextus Pompeius (a Roman general from the late Republic)
      • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistuale ad Atticum 16.4.2.1:
        Sextum autem nūntiant cum ūnā sōlum legiōne fuisse ad Carthāginem
        The messengers further report that Sextus had been at Carthage with only one legion

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Sextus Sextī
Genitive Sextī Sextōrum
Dative Sextō Sextīs
Accusative Sextum Sextōs
Ablative Sextō Sextīs
Vocative Sexte Sextī

References
  1. Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth, editor (2005 January 1), The Oxford Classical Dictionary‎, 3 edition, Oxford University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1024

Further reading
  • “Sextus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Sextus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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