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“five” in Latin
quīnquefive; 5quīniFive eachquīnusfive each; five at a timequinquessisfivequincŭpĕdala measuring-rod of five feetquīncū̆nxfive twelfths; the five on a diequīnquennisfive-year-old; quinquennial, celebrated or occuring every five years; of five years, lasting five years
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
five
quinque: quini, quinae, quina (five apiece, etc., especially with substantives that are used only in the plur.; e.g., quinae litterae, five letters, whereas quinque litterae means five alphabetic letters): five ases (the Roman coin), quinquessis: a coin worth five ases, nummus quinarius: an instrument of five feet in length; e.g., a yard for measuring, quincupedal (Martisalis, 14, 92): five dots, quincunx (⁙): the five first among the citizens (belonging to the town council), quinque primi (πεντάπρωτα): a space of five years, quinquennium, also lustrum: every five years, quinto quoque anno: a repast of five dishes, pentapharmacum (πενταφάρμακον, later only, Spartian., ael., Ver., 5): consisting of five, quintarius: divided into five parts, quinquepartitus; five-sixths, dextans; as number, numerus quintarius: five-twelfths of an as, a pound, etc., quincunx: containing five-twelfths, quincuncialis: that has five leaves, quinquefolius; quinque foliis: that has five corners, *pentagonius; *quinquangularis: five-fingered, quinis digitis (of the hand); alicui digiti in manibus quini (of men and beasts; both after Plin., 11, 43, 99): weighing five pounds, quinquelibralis; *quinque pondo (sc. libras valens): five feet long, quinquepedalis (Hygin.); quinque pedes in longitudinem; quinque pedes longus: that has five stories, quinque tabulatorum: a house that has five stories, domus, quae quinque tabulationes habet (after Vitr., 5, 5, 7): that has five sounds or tones, pentachordus (later only): five years of age, or having lasted five years, quinquennis: five years old, quinque annos natus: happening or taking place every five years, quinquennalis (e.g., censura): five times, quinquies: five times as much, quinquies tantum: five times more than etc., quinquies tanto amplius, quam quantum (e.g., quinquies tanto amplius, quam quantum alicui in cellam sumere licitum sit, civitatibus imperavit, Cic., Verr., 3, 97, 225): five-fold, quincuplus (five times as great = Gloss. Vet.); quincuplex (given, taken, or calculated five-times at once; e.g., salarium): to make or render anything five-fold, quinquiplicare (☞ not quinqueplicare. Tac., Ann., 2, 36, extr.): five hundred, quingenti: each or to each five hundred (in divisions), quingeni: consisting each time of five hundred, quingenarius: five hundred times, quingenties: the five hundredth, quingentesimus: five thousand, quinque or quina millia (☞ it is only in poets and later writers that we find quinquies mille): each of five thousand, quina millia (e.g., four legions, each of five thousand infantry, quatuor legiones quinis millibus peditum): five thousand times, quinquies millies: a vessel that has five banks of oars, quinqueremis (navis): “the five” (as title of any officers or commissioners, five in number) in Rome, quinqueviri (hence quinqueviratus, their office, and adjective, *quinqueviralis): of five days, *quinque dierum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for five?
- The usual Latin words for “five” are quīnque, quīni, quīnus; also quinquessis, quincŭpĕdal, quīncū̆nx. 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.