Σέξτος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Σέκστος (Sékstos)
  • Σέξκτος (Séxktos)
  • Σέξστος (Séxstos)
  • Σῆστος (Sêstos)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Sextus.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Σέξτος • (Séxtos) m (genitive Σέξτου); second declension

  1. A masculine praenomen
    • 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, Histories 32.10:
      Ὅτι ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἀριαράθης παρεγένετο εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην ἔτι θερείας οὔσης· τότε δέ, παρειληφότων ὑπάτων τὰς ἀρχὰς τῶν περὶ τὸν Σέξτον Ἰούλιον καὶ Λεύκιον Αὐρήλιον, ἐγίνετο περὶ τὰς κατʼ ἰδίαν ἐντεύξεις, οἰκείαν ποιούμενος περικοπὴν καὶ φαντασίαν τῆς ὑποκειμένης περιστάσεως.
      Hóti ho basileùs Ariaráthēs paregéneto eis tḕn Rhṓmēn éti thereías oúsēs; tóte dé, pareilēphótōn hupátōn tàs arkhàs tôn perì tòn Séxton Ioúlion kaì Leúkion Aurḗlion, egíneto perì tàs kat’ idían enteúxeis, oikeían poioúmenos perikopḕn kaì phantasían tês hupokeiménēs peristáseōs.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Σέξτος; τοῦ Σέξτου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ Σέξτος
ho Séxtos 		τὼ Σέξτω
tṑ Séxtō 		οἱ Σέξτοι
hoi Séxtoi
Genitive τοῦ Σέξτου
toû Séxtou 		τοῖν Σέξτοιν
toîn Séxtoin 		τῶν Σέξτων
tôn Séxtōn
Dative τῷ Σέξτῳ
tōî Séxtōi 		τοῖν Σέξτοιν
toîn Séxtoin 		τοῖς Σέξτοις
toîs Séxtois
Accusative τὸν Σέξτον
tòn Séxton 		τὼ Σέξτω
tṑ Séxtō 		τοὺς Σέξτους
toùs Séxtous
Vocative Σέξτε
Séxte 		Σέξτω
Séxtō 		Σέξτοι
Séxtoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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