LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

quīnārius

quīnārius (feminine quīnāria, neuter quīnārium)
Classical[kʷiːˈnaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[kʷiˈnaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveContaining or consisting of five things
  2. adjectivequinary

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativequīnāriusquīnāriaquīnārium
genitivequīnāriīquīnāriaequīnāriī
dativequīnāriōquīnāriaequīnāriō
accusativequīnāriumquīnāriamquīnārium
ablativequīnāriōquīnāriāquīnāriō
vocativequīnāriequīnāriaquīnārium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativequīnāriīquīnāriaequīnāria
genitivequīnāriōrumquīnāriārumquīnāriōrum
dativequīnāriīsquīnāriīsquīnāriīs
accusativequīnāriōsquīnāriāsquīnāria
ablativequīnāriīsquīnāriīsquīnāriīs
vocativequīnāriīquīnāriaequīnāria

quīnārĭus, a, um, adj. quini,
I. containing five (mostly post-Aug.): quinaria (fistula) dicta a diametro quinque quadrantum, a pipe which was five quarter-digits in diameter, Front. Aquaed. 25; so, fistulae, Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 58: quinarius nummus, and absol., quinarius, a half denarius: denarii quod denos aeris valebant: quinarii, quod quinos, Varr. L. L. 5, § 173 Müll.; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 44: numerus, Serv. Verg. G. 1, 277; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin quīnārius From quīnus + -ārius.

Descendants
  • Catalanquinari
  • Frenchquinaire
  • Italianquinario
  • Portuguesequinário
  • Spanishquinario
  • Galicianquinario

Quick answers

What does quīnārius mean in Latin?
quīnārius, a adjective, means “Containing or consisting of five things; quinary”.
How do you pronounce quīnārius?
In classical Latin, [kʷiːˈnaː.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kʷiˈnaː.ri.us].