sextanus

sextanus [CL sextus+-anus; cf. CL m. pl. sextani = members of sixth legion] 1 (w. febris, or ellipt. as sb. f.) fever that has a six-day cycle, sextan fever (cf. OED s. v. sextan). sunt ‥ alie febres ‥. et earum nomina sunt quintana, ~a ‥ Gilb. I 12. 1. 2 (eccl., as sb. m.) sexton, sacristan (cf. ME sexteine, sextain). 1299 [given by Thurstan ‥ the said Peter's sexton] ~um Cal. IPM III 512 p. 393.