sexti-comb. form

Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin sexti-.

Etymology: < classical Latin sexti-, combining form (in e.g. sexticeps that takes sixth place in a series) of sextus sixth (see sext n.¹); compare -i- connective. Compare sex- comb. form, sexi- comb. form.Attested in a small number of formations of the 16th and 17th centuries exemplified below.

Forming adjectives and nouns with the sense ‘having six, sixfold’.

sextipartite adj.

Brit.

/ˌsɛkstᵻˈpɑːtʌɪt/

U.S.

/ˌsɛkstəˈpɑrˌtaɪt/

[compare earlier tripartite adj. 2, quadripartite adj. 1 and slightly later quintipartite adj.] chiefly Law drawn up in six copies; consisting of six parts or divisions.In early use frequently used postpositively.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > written text > [adjective] > transcription > in six copies

sextipartite1548

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xij The sedicious congregacion..made an indenture sextipartite..in the whiche eche bounde hym selfe to other..for the destruction of Kyng Henry.

1729 G. Jacob New Law-dict. at Deed A Deed indented is defined to be a Deed consisting of two Parts, or more, for there are Deeds Tripartite, Quadripartite, Sextipartite, &c.

1851 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. I. 205 A Sextipartite Homily against wilful rebellion.

1935 Jrnl. Criminal Law & Criminol. 26 137 The premise of the present draft, as has been seen, is its unique principle of the six grades of offences..the sextipartite division.

1996 W. Bucher Dict. Building Preserv. 413/2 Sextipartite, having six divisions.

† sextisection n. [apparently after quinquesection n.] Obsolete rare division into six parts.

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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > six > [noun] > division into six

sextipartitiona1690

sextisection1697

1697 G. Keith Ess. Discov. Geom. Probl. 9 I shall begin with the Sextisection, and then proceed to the Quinquisection.

† sextipartition n. [compare quintipartition n. at quintipartite adj. Derivatives, octipartition , variant of octopartition n., etc.] Obsolete rare division by six.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > six > [noun] > division into six

sextipartitiona1690

sextisection1697

a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 34 Sextipartition, or to divide by 6.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sexti-
释义	sexti-comb. form Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin sexti-. Etymology: < classical Latin sexti-, combining form (in e.g. sexticeps that takes sixth place in a series) of sextus sixth (see sext n.¹); compare -i- connective. Compare sex- comb. form, sexi- comb. form.Attested in a small number of formations of the 16th and 17th centuries exemplified below. Forming adjectives and nouns with the sense ‘having six, sixfold’. sextipartite adj. Brit. /ˌsɛkstᵻˈpɑːtʌɪt/ , U.S. /ˌsɛkstəˈpɑrˌtaɪt/ [compare earlier tripartite adj. 2, quadripartite adj. 1 and slightly later quintipartite adj.] chiefly Law drawn up in six copies; consisting of six parts or divisions.In early use frequently used postpositively. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > [adjective] > transcription > in six copies sextipartite1548 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xij The sedicious congregacion..made an indenture sextipartite..in the whiche eche bounde hym selfe to other..for the destruction of Kyng Henry. 1729 G. Jacob New Law-dict. at Deed A Deed indented is defined to be a Deed consisting of two Parts, or more, for there are Deeds Tripartite, Quadripartite, Sextipartite, &c. 1851 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. I. 205 A Sextipartite Homily against wilful rebellion. 1935 Jrnl. Criminal Law & Criminol. 26 137 The premise of the present draft, as has been seen, is its unique principle of the six grades of offences..the sextipartite division. 1996 W. Bucher Dict. Building Preserv. 413/2 Sextipartite, having six divisions. † sextisection n. [apparently after quinquesection n.] Obsolete rare division into six parts. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > six > [noun] > division into six sextipartitiona1690 sextisection1697 1697 G. Keith Ess. Discov. Geom. Probl. 9 I shall begin with the Sextisection, and then proceed to the Quinquisection. † sextipartition n. [compare quintipartition n. at quintipartite adj. Derivatives, octipartition , variant of octopartition n., etc.] Obsolete rare division by six. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > six > [noun] > division into six sextipartitiona1690 sextisection1697 a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 34 Sextipartition, or to divide by 6. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1548
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