sesquipedalis

== Latin == === Etymology === From sēsquipes (“1½ feet”) +‎ -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”), from sēsqui- (“a half and a”) + pes (“foot, Roman foot”). Equivalent to sēsqui- +‎ pedālis (“footlong”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [seːs.kʷɪ.pɛˈdaː.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ses.kʷi.peˈdaː.lis] === Adjective === sēsquipedālis (neuter sēsquipedāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (relational) A foot and a half, half a yard (relational) A foot and a half long, half a yard long Excessively long (of speeches) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. ==== Descendants ==== English: sesquipedal Italian: sesquipedale Spanish: sesquipedal === References === “sesquipedalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “sesquipedalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “sesquipedalis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.