Sextus

sextus Latin la: thumb|An en aureus with on the obverse the profile of Sextus Pompeius "Magnus Pius" and profiles of his murdered father and brother on the reverse. Alternative forms la Sex., la S. abbreviation Etymology From la sextus, probably originally referring to the month of birth, la sextīlis August, rather than to birth order.Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth The Oxford Classical Dictionary 2005-01-01 Oxford University Press 3 1024 http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413 978-0-19-860641-3 10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001 Pronunciation Proper noun Sextus<2.both> m, particularly popular in Gaul. (Occasionally also found as a cognomen.) In particular: Sextus Pompeius a en Roman general from the late en Roman Republic Republic la Cicero Epistuale ad Atticum 16 4 2 1 Sextum autem nūntiant cum ūnā sōlum legiōne fuisse ad Carthāginem The messengers further report that Sextus had been at Carthage with only one legion Declension Sextus<2.both> Descendants grc 1 Σέξτος See also References Further reading en 1916 Lindley Richard Dean A Study of the Cognomina of Soldiers in the Roman Legions 72,79 The use of Primus, Secundus, Tertius, Quintus, Sextus, and Decimus as praenomina is noted in a later section. Quintus and Sextus, the latter particularly, seem to have been used longer as praenomina and for that reason their employment as cognomina falls later than the first century. The numeral adjectives Primus, Secundus, Tertius, and Sextus were employed as praenomina at one time. The use of Sextus as a praenomen is probably more common than as a cognomen.