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bissextus

[ bih-seks-tuhs, bee- ]

noun

  1. Also bissext. February 29th: the extra day added to the Julian calendar every fourth year (except those evenly divisible by 100, but not by 400, a rule introduced by the Gregorian calendar) to compensate for the approximately six hours a year by which the common year of 365 days falls short of the solar year.


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Origin of bissextus1

From Late Latin bissextus (diÄ“s) “intercalary (day)â€; so called because the 6th day before the calends of March (Feb. 24th) appeared a second time once every leap year (hence the “second sixthâ€); bis 1, sext 1
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Junius, Aprilis, Septémq; Nouemq; tricenos, Vnum plus reliqui, Februs tenet octo vicenos, At si bissextus fuerit superadditur vnus.

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