horae pars sexagesima

== Latin == === Etymology === From hōra (“hour”) + pars (“part”) + sexāgēsimus (“sixtieth”); literally "sixtieth part of an hour". === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhoː.rae̯ ˈpars sɛk.saːˈɡeː.sɪ.ma] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔː.re ˈpars seɡ.zaˈd͡ʒɛː.s̬i.ma] === Noun === hōrae pars sexāgēsima f (genitive hōrae partis sexāgēsimae); third declension minute (unit of time) ==== Usage notes ==== This term appears in later Latin, after the establishment of measured time. ==== Declension ==== Indeclinable portion with a third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or occasionally -ī) with a first-declension adjective.