Meaning of bisextilis | Babel Free

Definitions

1. leap year, bissextile
   declension-3, relational, two-termination
2. intercalary
   declension-3, two-termination

Equivalents

Examples

“Anni videlicet solares ex diebus 365 et quarta partes unius diei: quorum tres primi solum ex 365 diebus pro quolibet numerantur, qui non bissextiles dicuntur: quartus vero, ex 366 diebus componitur, et bissextilis nuncupatur.”

Every solar year is 365 and a quarter days: of these, each of the first three number 365 days, and they are called non-bissextiles, while the fourth, composed of 366 days, is called bissextile.

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