Sextus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Sex., S. (abbreviation) === Etymology === From sextus, probably originally referring to the month of birth, sextīlis (“August”), rather than to birth order. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsɛk.stʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsɛk.stus] === Proper noun === Sextus m (genitive Sextī); second declension a masculine praenomen particularly popular in Gaul. (Occasionally also found as a cognomen.) In particular: Sextus Pompeius (a Roman general from the late Republic) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → Ancient Greek: Σέξτος (Séxtos) === See also === === References === === 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.