Meaning of sexennis | Babel Free
[sɛkˈsɛn.nɪs]Definitions
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six-year-old declension-3, two-termination
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of six years, lasting six years declension-3, two-termination
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happening after an interval of six years declension-3, rare, two-termination
Examples
“[Milphio] Di vostram fidem, nimium lepidum memoras facinus. nam erus meus Agorastocles ibidem gnatust, inde surptus fere sexennis, postibi qui eum surrupuit huc devexit meoque ero eum hic vendidit.”
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“Indicia quoque aetatis [cervis] in illis [cornibus] gerunt, singulos annis adicientibus ramos usque ad sexennes; ab eo tempore similia revivescunt, nec potest aetas discerni; sed dentibus senecta declaratur: aut enim paucos aut nullos habent nec in cornibus imis ramos, alioqui ante frontem prominere solitos iunioribus.”
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“Atque ipsis, ad quorum commodum pertinebat, durior inventus est Caelius. Et ab hoc profectus initio, ne frustra ingressus turpem causam videretur, legem promulgavit, ut sexenni die sine usuris creditae pecuniae solvantur.”
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CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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