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Originally Posted by TouristBangkok
Precisely which Latin word is sextile using and is it a noun, verb or adjective? To which declension does it belong?
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-- In this case '
Vice.' means in stead of.
- Economy of effort - one word in stead of three!
-- The Latinists amongst us will recognise the word '
Vice.' used as a preposition* derived from the Latin noun '
Vicis.' - interchange, alternation, succession; recompense, retaliation; fortune, changing conditions; duty, function, place.**
-* Hamlyn Encyclopedia World Dictionary. - 1979.;
-** Collins Latin Dictionary & Grammar. - 2005..