English Explanatory Dictionary

Sextans

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a sextant. It lies south of the constellation of Leo.
noun
  1. A Roman coin worth one sixth of an as.

Word forms

Sextans sextantes

Etymology

Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1690. From Latin sextans, a "sextant" (nautical measuring implement)

Derived words

Sextantis
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