Sextus

Sextus (Latin "the sixth", abbreviated sex. ) Was a Roman given name ( praenomen ). Like Quintus and Decimus, it is one of the first names derived from numerals and originally possibly referred to the birth in the month of Sextilis (now August).

Further meaning: In Renaissance choral music such as madrigal and motet , sextus (also: sexta vox = sixth voice) refers to a sixth voice that is added to the five-part soprano / cantus, alto , tenor , bass and quintus , which can be in different vocal ranges.

Well-known namesake

• Sextus (2nd century), Christian author, see Sentences of Sextus
• Sextus Aelius Catus , Roman politician
• Sextus Afranius Burrus († 62 AD), Roman politician
• Sextus Appuleius (consul 29 BC) , Roman politician
• Sextus Appuleius (Consul 14) , Roman politician
• Sextus Empiricus (2nd century AD), Greek physician and philosopher
• Sextus Iulius Africanus (160 / 170–240 AD), Christian chronograph
• Sextus Iulius Caesar (Praetor 208 BC) , Roman politician
• Sextus Iulius Caesar (consul 157 BC) , Roman politician
• Sextus Iulius Caesar (Praetor 123 BC) , Roman politician
• Sextus Iulius Caesar (consul 91 BC) (before 130 BC – 90/89 BC), Roman politician
• Sextus Iulius Caesar (Quaestor 48 BC) (before 78 BC – 46 BC), Roman politician and military
• Sextus Iulius Frontinus (approx. 40-103 AD), Roman politician
• Sextus Petronius Probus († 390 AD), Roman aristocrat
• Sextus Pompeius (around 68–35 BC), Roman general
• Sextus Pompeius (consul 14 AD) , Roman politician
• Sextus Pompeius Festus (2nd century AD), Roman lexicographer and grammarian
• Sextus Quintilius Condianus († 182 AD), Roman politician
• Sextus Quintilius Maximus († 182 AD), Roman politician
• Sextus Quintilius Valerius Maximus Roman politician
• Sextus Roscius (1st century BC), Roman citizen
• Sextus Pomponius (2nd century AD), Roman jurist
• Sextus propertius (around 48 BC - 15 BC), Roman poet, see Properz

See also

• Liber Sextus , third part of the Corpus Iuris Canonici
• Sixtus
• Quintus Sextius , Roman philosopher in the 1st century BC Ch.
• Sentences of the Sextus