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BISSEXTUS — Annus bissextilis in quo unus dies in Februarii mense intercalatur; sic dictus, quod eô mense tune Bis sexto Kalendas dicatur, quae additio quôlibet sit quadrienniô. Iulianus enim annus 365 dierum et 6. horarum spatiô constat, quae horae quôvis… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Bissextus — (Bisextus, lat.), der nach Cäsars Anordnung jedes vierte Jahr nach dem 23. Febr. einzulegende Schalttag; bissextīl, einen Schalttag enthaltend … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Bissextus — Bissext, or bissextus (Lat. bis , twice; sextus , sixth), theday intercalated by the Julian calendar in the February of everyfourth year to make up the six hours by which the solar year wascomputed to exceed the year of 365 days. The day was… … Wikipedia
bissextus — /buy seks teuhs, bi /, n. February 29th: the extra day added to the Julian calendar every fourth year (except those evenly divisible by 400) to compensate for the approximately six hours a year by which the common year of 365 days falls short of… … Useful english dictionary
bissextus — m ( te/ tas) the intercalary day of leap year; leap year [L] … Old to modern English dictionary
bissextus — February 29th, the day added in leap years in the Julian calendar … Ballentine's law dictionary
BISEXTUS vel BISSEXTUS — BISEXTUS, vel BISSEXTUS dies intercalatris, qui quarto quoque anno interseritut, ut anni ratio cum cursu Solis conveniat, Inventa est autem haec intercalandi ratio a Caesare Dictatore. Is enim, ut refert Plutarchus, quum enimadvertisset Solem… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
bisect — BISÉCT, bisecţi, adj. (În sintagma) An bisect = an de 366 de zile; an bisextil. – Din fr. bissexte, lat. bissextus. Trimis de paula, 07.04.2009. Sursa: DEX 98 biséct adj. m., pl. bisécţi Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dic … Dicționar Român
bissextile day — noun the name of the day that is added during a leap year • Syn: ↑leap day, ↑February 29 • Hypernyms: ↑day • Part Holonyms: ↑February, ↑Feb * * * (ˈ)bī, bə̇+ … Useful english dictionary
високос — високосный, др. русск. високостъ (Новгор. Кормчая 1280 г., Псалтырь 1296 г. и др.), вероятно, из *висекъстъ, откуда *висекостъ и затем, с ассимиляцией гласных, др. русск. форма. Источником является ср. греч. βίσεξτος из лат. bissextus – то же; ср … Этимологический словарь русского языка Макса Фасмера
