† sexagenen.

Forms:

α. 1500s–1700s sexagene, 1700s sexagena.

β. 1500s–1600s sexagenae (plural).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin sexāgēnī; Latin sexāgēnae.

Etymology: In α. forms < *sexagena , inferred singular form corresponding to classical Latin sexāgēnī, sexāgēnae, sexāgēna (plural) sixty each, sixty apiece (see sexagenary adj.). In β. forms < classical Latin sexāgēnae. Compare earlier (in different sense) quinquagene n.

Mathematics. Obsolete.

A quantity or number multiplied by sixty or a power of sixty; an arc of sixty degrees. first (second, etc.) sexagene the first (second, etc.) stage in ascending order of a sexagesimal scale of numeration or measurement.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [noun] > multiplication > multiple

tenth1543

ternary1557

sexagene1570

septuple1632

sextuple1657

quintary1729

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. *ij The Astronomers, for spede..haue deuised a peculier maner of orderyng numbers, about theyr circular motions, by Sexagenes, and Sexagesmes.

1597 T. Blundeville Exercises (ed. 2) i. xxix. f. 37 In those Tables are often vsed two kinds of denominations,..Sexagenæ and..Sexagesimæ,..the denomination Sexagenæ being set ouer any number doth signifie that the vnite of the Integrum is multiplyed by 60. But the denomination Sexagesimæ doth signifie that the vnite of the Integrum is diuided by 60.

1647 R. Wood tr. W. Oughtred Key Math. vi. 23 The Expanse wil be 53″ 09′34°: that is, 53 sexagene seconds; 9 Sexag: Primes, and 34 units.

a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 233 Bring all the Circles and Signs, or Sexagenae thereof, into Degrees.

1702 V. Mandey tr. J. J. Hainlin Synopsis Mathematica: Pract. Arithm. i. 77 Days also are accounted in Sexagenes, so that 60 Days make one Prime Sexagene: And sixty Prime Sexagenes, or 3600 Days makes one Second Sexagene, etc.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Sexagenary Tables, are Tables of proportional Parts, shewing the Product of Two Sexagenaries, or Sexagena's, that are to be multiplied; or the Quotient of Two, to be divided.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	sexagene
释义	† sexagenen. Forms: α. 1500s–1700s sexagene, 1700s sexagena. β. 1500s–1600s sexagenae (plural). Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin sexāgēnī; Latin sexāgēnae. Etymology: In α. forms < sexagena , inferred singular form corresponding to classical Latin sexāgēnī, sexāgēnae, sexāgēna* (plural) sixty each, sixty apiece (see sexagenary adj.). In β. forms < classical Latin sexāgēnae. Compare earlier (in different sense) quinquagene n. Mathematics. Obsolete. A quantity or number multiplied by sixty or a power of sixty; an arc of sixty degrees. first (second, etc.) sexagene the first (second, etc.) stage in ascending order of a sexagesimal scale of numeration or measurement. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [noun] > multiplication > multiple tenth1543 ternary1557 sexagene1570 septuple1632 sextuple1657 quintary1729 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. ij The Astronomers, for spede..haue deuised a peculier maner of orderyng numbers, about theyr circular motions, by Sexagenes, and Sexagesmes. 1597 T. Blundeville Exercises* (ed. 2) i. xxix. f. 37 In those Tables are often vsed two kinds of denominations,..Sexagenæ and..Sexagesimæ,..the denomination Sexagenæ being set ouer any number doth signifie that the vnite of the Integrum is multiplyed by 60. But the denomination Sexagesimæ doth signifie that the vnite of the Integrum is diuided by 60. 1647 R. Wood tr. W. Oughtred Key Math. vi. 23 The Expanse wil be 53″ 09′34°: that is, 53 sexagene seconds; 9 Sexag: Primes, and 34 units. a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 233 Bring all the Circles and Signs, or Sexagenae thereof, into Degrees. 1702 V. Mandey tr. J. J. Hainlin Synopsis Mathematica: Pract. Arithm. i. 77 Days also are accounted in Sexagenes, so that 60 Days make one Prime Sexagene: And sixty Prime Sexagenes, or 3600 Days makes one Second Sexagene, etc. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Sexagenary Tables, are Tables of proportional Parts, shewing the Product of Two Sexagenaries, or Sexagena's, that are to be multiplied; or the Quotient of Two, to be divided. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1570
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