Latin

Adjective

sexagenarius m, sexagenaria f, sexagenarium n

1. (in general) of or relating to sixty

   Fistula sexagenaria.

   A pipe sixty quarter-digits in diameter.

2. (in particular) sexagenary, sixty years old; (subst.) a man of sixty, a sexagenarian

   Cicero objurgantibus, quod sexagenarius Publiliam virginem duxisset.

Derived terms

• sexagenarios de ponte

Related terms

• septuagenarius

Descendants

• French: sexagenaire →
  • English: sexagenary

References

• sexagenarius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sexagenarius”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.