septangulus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From septem (“seven”) + angulus (“angled”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /sepˈtan.ɡu.lus/, [s̠ɛpˈt̪äŋɡʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sepˈtan.ɡu.lus/, [sepˈt̪äŋɡulus]
Adjective
[edit]septangulus (feminine septangula, neuter septangulum); first/second-declension adjective
- heptagonal
- 1611, Johannes Kepler, Strena seu De Niva Sexangula, page 5:
- Nam si casu fit, cur non aeque quinquangula cadunt, aut septangula, cur semper sexangula, siquidem nondum confusa et glomerata multitudine, variogue impulsu, sed sparsa et distincta?
- For if it happens by chance, why do they not fall equally pentagonal, or heptagonal, why always hexagonal, if in fact they are never mixed and heaped in a great number, and by different impact, but sparse and distinct?
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | septangulus | septangula | septangulum | septangulī | septangulae | septangula | |
| Genitive | septangulī | septangulae | septangulī | septangulōrum | septangulārum | septangulōrum | |
| Dative | septangulō | septangulō | septangulīs | ||||
| Accusative | septangulum | septangulam | septangulum | septangulōs | septangulās | septangula | |
| Ablative | septangulō | septangulā | septangulō | septangulīs | |||
| Vocative | septangule | septangula | septangulum | septangulī | septangulae | septangula | |
References
[edit]- septangulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- septangulus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016