English → Latin
“fifth” in Latin
QuīnquātrūsA festival held in honor of the goddess Minerva, held on the fifth day after the Ides.quintārĭusbelonging to fivequintānusbelonging to the fifthquīntusfifthquīntānaA street in the Roman camp, separating the fifth and sixth maniples, containing the marketplacedeuteronomiuma copy of the law
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fifth
quintus. Each fifth (man), quintus quisque: every fifth month (e.g., he goes on a journey), quinto quoque mense: the fifth day of or after the Ides, quinquatrus: one of the fifth rank, quintarius: one of the fifth legion, quintanus: for the fifth time, quintum: what occurs on the fifth day, quintanus (e.g., on the fifth day of the month, as the Nonae): at every fifth pole, quintanis (sc. vicibus; of planting vines, Plin.): the fifth book of Moses, Deuteronomium (Eccl.): a fifth part, pars quinta: ☞ quincunx is five-twelfths: three-fifths; e.g., of an hour, quintae partes horae tres (Plin., 6, 34, 39): happening every fifth year, quinquennalis.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fifth?
- The usual Latin words for “fifth” are Quīnquātrūs, quintārĭus, quintānus; also quīntus, quīntāna, deuteronomium. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.