Sextans
proper noun
- constellation on the celestial equator
Wiktionary
name
Etymology: Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1690. From Latin sextans, a "sextant" (nautical measuring implement)
- A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a sextant. It lies south of the constellation of Leo.
noun
Etymology: From Latin sextāns, from sex (“six”).
- A Roman coin worth one sixth of an as.