horae pars sexagesima

Latin

Etymology

From hōra (“hour”) + pars (“part”) + sexāgēsimus (“sixtieth”); literally "sixtieth part of an hour".

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhoː.rae̯ pars sek.saːˈɡeː.si.ma/, [ˈhoːräe̯ pärs̠ s̠ɛks̠äːˈɡeːs̠ɪmä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.re pars sek.saˈd͡ʒe.si.ma/, [ˈɔːre pärs seɡzäˈd͡ʒɛːs̬imä]

Noun

hōrae pars sexāgēsima f (genitive hōrae partis sexāgēsimae); third declension

1. minute (unit of time)

Usage notes

• This term appears in later Latin, after the establishment of measured time.

Declension

Indeclinable portion with a third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or occasionally -ī) with a first-declension adjective.

	singular	plural
nominative	hōrae pars sexāgēsima	hōrae partēs sexāgēsimae
genitive	hōrae partis sexāgēsimae	hōrae partium sexāgēsimārum
dative	hōrae partī sexāgēsimae	hōrae partibus sexāgēsimīs
accusative	hōrae partem sexāgēsimam	hōrae partēs sexāgēsimās hōrae partīs sexāgēsimās
ablative	hōrae parte sexāgēsimā hōrae partī sexāgēsimā	hōrae partibus sexāgēsimīs
vocative	hōrae pars sexāgēsima	hōrae partēs sexāgēsimae