Associations to the word «Sextans»

Wiktionary

SEXTANS, proper noun. (constellation) A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a sextant. It lies south of the constellation of Leo.
SEXTANS, noun. (historical) (Roman antiquity) A Roman coin worth one sixth of an as.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley