different between sextus vs sextary

Latin

Alternative forms

• 6tus

Etymology

From sex (“six”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?sek.stus/, [?s??ks?t??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?sek.stus/, [?s?kst?us]

Numeral

sextus (feminine sexta, neuter sextum); first/second-declension numeral

1. sixth

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

• sexta
• sext?rius
• sext?lis

Descendants

References

• sextus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sextus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sextus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• sextus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• sextus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

English

Etymology 1

Anglicized from Latin sextarius (“pint”)

Noun

sextary (plural sextaries)

1. An ancient Roman liquid and dry measure, about equal to an English pint.
2. An Old English measure of liquid, usually wine or cider, perhaps containing 6 gallons.
   • 1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 1, p. 172.

     The sextary seems to have contained 6 gallons, and is also used for cider and wine.

Related terms

• sextus
• six

Etymology 2

For sextonry.

Noun

sextary (plural sextaries)

1. (obsolete) A sacristy.