sesquialter

== English == === Etymology === From Latin sēsquialter, from sēsqui- (“a half and a”) + alter (“another, a second”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /sɛskwɪˈaltər/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɛskwɪˈaltə/ === Adjective === sesquialter (not comparable) (mathematics, archaic) Synonym of sesquialterate, 1½ times. (music, obsolete) Synonym of sesquialteral, of or relating to 1½ notes. === Noun === sesquialter (plural sesquialters) (music, obsolete) Synonym of sesquialtera, a 1½ note. (music, obsolete) Synonym of sesquialtera, an organ stop. === References === “sesquialter, adj. (and n.).”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. “sesquialter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Latin == === Etymology === From sēsqui- (“a half and a”) + alter (“another, a second”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [seːs.kʷiˈaɫ.tɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ses.kʷiˈal.ter] === Adjective === sēsquialter (feminine sēsquialtera, neuter sēsquialterum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er, pronominal declension) 1½ times, once and a half ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er, pronominal declension). ==== Descendants ==== English: sesquialter Italian: sesquialtero === References === “sesquialter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press