Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sextans

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sex-tans
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a sextant. It lies south of the constellation of Leo.

noun

A Roman coin worth one sixth of an as.

Etymology

Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1690. From Latin sextans, a "sextant" (nautical measuring implement)

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: -, sextāns

Inflected Forms

sextantes (plural)

Derived Forms

Sextantis

Questions

What does sextans mean?: A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a sextant. It lies south of the constellation of Leo.
Where does sextans come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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