Middle English Dictionary Entry
sextīle adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | sextīle adj. Also (Latinate) sextiles, sextilus. |
| Etymology | L sextīlis |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Astrol. At an angular distance of 60 degrees between two planets or signs, sextile.
Associated quotations
- [ c1450 *Treat.Elect.Times (Ashm 337)9 : Sextilis aspectus is when the 6 part of the 12 signis be bitwene 2 planettis, that is, 2 signes. ]
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)109b/a : Þere beþ þre principal aspectis þat beþ I-clepid sextiles & trinus & quartus; aspectus is I-clepid sextiles whanne a planete in any signe..haþ aspecte to þe þridde toforen him and to þe þridde aftir him, and þat fro þe þridde to þe enleuenthe..þis aspecte hatte sextilus for hit holdiþ þe sixte partye of heuene, þat is, sexti grees.
- ?c1450(a1388) Wallingford Exafrenon (Dgb 67)185 : Thu moste knawe..which is the sextile aspecte.