Lewis & Short

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Sestĭus (Sextĭus), i, m., the name of a Roman gens.

    1. 1. P. Sestius L. F., a tribune of the people 696 A.U.C., a friend of Cicero and Milo, by the former of whom he was defended in an oration still extant.
    2. 2. C. Sextius Calvinus, an orator, Cic. Brut. 34, 130.
    3. 3. P. Sextius Baculus, a primipili centurio, Caes. B. G. 2, 25; 3, 5; 6, 38 al.
      Hence,
  1. A. Sestĭus (Sext-), a, um adj., of or belonging to a Sestius (Sextius), Sestian (Sextian): Tabula Sestia, the bankingtable or counter of a Sestius, otherwise unknown, Cic. Quint. 6, 25.
    Aquae Sextiae, v. aqua, 2. e.
  2. B. Sestĭānus (Sext-), a, um, adj., of Sestius, Sestian: dicta, of the tribune of the people, P. Sestius, Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 1: conviva, that dines with a Sestius Cat. 44, 10: mala, named after a Sestius, Col. 5, 10, 19; 12, 47, 5.

1. sextus, a, um, num. ord. adj. [sex], the sixth, Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 5: sextus ab urbe lapis, Ov. F. 2, 682: sextus decimus ab Hercule, Vell. 1, 6, 5: hic annus sextus, postquam ei rei operam damus, Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 9; id. Most. 4, 2, 41: sexto decimo anno, Cic. Rep. 2, 33, 57: sextus locus est, etc., id. Inv. 1, 53, 102: sextus decimus (locus), id. ib. 1, 56, 109; Tac. A. 1, 17: sexta decima legio, id. ib. 1, 37 al.: sexta decima (sc. hora), Mart. Cap. 6, § 696; for which also, in one word: post sextumdecimum annum, the sixteenth, Liv. 30, 19: abdicat die sextodecimo, id. 4, 34: sextodecimo Calendas Jan., Col. 11, 2, 94.
In gram.: sextus casus, the ablative case, Quint. 1, 4, 26.

  1. B. Advv.
    1. 1. sextum, for the sixth time: in M. Catonis quartā Origine ita perscriptum est: Carthaginienses sextum de foedere decessere. Id verbum significat, quinquies ante eos fecisse contra foedus, et tum sextum, Gell. 10, 1, 10: sextum consul, Cic. Pis. 9, 20.
    2. * 2. sextō, six times: lavit ad diem septimo aestate vel sexto, Treb. Gall. 17.

2. Sextus (abbrev. Sex.), i, m., a Roman proper name.

    1. 1. Sex. Roscius Amerinus, Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 15.
    2. 2. Sex. Pompeius, Cic. Att. 12, 37, 4.
      In a play upon 1. sextus, Quint. 6, 3, 86; v. annalis fin.