quinisextus

Latin

Etymology

From quīntus (“fifth”) +‎ -i- +‎ sextus (“sixth”), calque of Byzantine Greek πενθέκτη (penthéktē), from πέντε (pénte) +‎ ἕκτος (héktos), since the council was held to complete the fifth and sixth ecumenical councils.

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwi.niˈsek.stus/, [kwiniˈs̬ɛkst̪us]

Adjective

quīnisextus (feminine quīnisexta, neuter quīnisextum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) Quinisext; of or pertaining to the Quinisext Council of 692 CE.
   • 1768, Jordan Simon, Praelectiones Historico-Canonicae […] , volume 1, page 455:

     Additi sunt postmodum huic Codici Canones Quinisexti sive Trullani

     The Quinisext or Trullan Canons are subsequently appended to this Book

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	quīnisextus	quīnisexta	quīnisextum		quīnisextī	quīnisextae	quīnisexta
Genitive	quīnisextī	quīnisextae	quīnisextī		quīnisextōrum	quīnisextārum	quīnisextōrum
Dative	quīnisextō		quīnisextō		quīnisextīs
Accusative	quīnisextum	quīnisextam	quīnisextum		quīnisextōs	quīnisextās	quīnisexta
Ablative	quīnisextō	quīnisextā	quīnisextō		quīnisextīs
Vocative	quīnisexte	quīnisexta	quīnisextum		quīnisextī	quīnisextae	quīnisexta

Descendants

• → English: Quinisext, Quinisextine