noun · masculinethird declension
quīncū̆nx
quīncū̆nx m (genitive quīncū̆ncis)
Classical[ˈkʷiːŋ.kuːŋks]Ecclesiastical[ˈkʷiŋ.kuŋks]
Meaning
- five twelfths
- the five on a die
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | quīncū̆nx | quīncū̆ncēs |
| genitive | quīncū̆ncis | quīncū̆ncium |
| dative | quīncū̆ncī | quīncū̆ncibus |
| accusative | quīncū̆ncem | quīncū̆ncēs quīncū̆ncīs |
| ablative | quīncū̆nce | quīncū̆ncibus |
| vocative | quīncū̆nx | quīncū̆ncēs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- quincunces usurae
- 5 per cent.
- quincunx (Pers. 5. 149)
- 5 per cent.
quincunx. uncis, m. quinque-uncia,
I. fire twelfths of a whole (of an as, a jugerum, a pound, a sextarius, etc.).
I. Lit.: si de quincunce remota est Uncia, quid superat? from five twelfths of an as, Hor. A. P. 327; so five twelfths of a jugerum, Col. 5, 1, 11; of a pound, id. 12, 28, 1; of a sextarius, five cyathi. Mart. 1, 28, 2; 2, 1, 9:
quincunces et sex cyathos bessemque bibamus, id. 11, 36, 7.—Of five twelfths of an inheritance, Plin. Ep. 7, 11, 1.— Of interest, five per cent., Pers. 5, 149.— In apposition with usura: quincunces usuras spopondit, Dig. 46, 3, 102; Inscr. Giorn. Arcad. 28, p. 356.— II. Transf., trees planted in the form of a quincunx (i.e. ?*!, the five spots on dice); also, trees planted in oblique lines, thus:
?*! quid illo quincunce speciosius, qui in quamcumque partem spectaveris, rectus est? Quint. 8, 3, 9 Spald.: in quincuncem serere, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 2; cf.: directi in quincuncem ordines, Cic. Sen. 17, 59: in quincuncem disposita, Col. 3, 13, 4; 3, 15, 1: obliquis ordinibus in quincuncem dispositis, Caes. B. G. 7, 73.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
quīncunx uncis, m
quinque + uncia, five twelfths (of any whole).—Esp., five twelfths of an as, five unciae : si de quincunce remota est Uncia, quid superat? H.— The figure formed by the four corners of a square and its middle point, a quincunx : directi in quincuncem ordines (of trees): obliquis ordinibus in quincuncem dispositis, Cs.
Origins
quīnque + uncia, literally 'five twelfths' in reference to a coin issued by the Roman Republic c. 211–200 BC, featuring a 5-dot pattern. Its value was five twelfths (quinque and uncia) of an as, the Roman standard bronze coin.
Descendants
- Englishquincunx
- Frenchquinconce
- GermanQuinkunx
- Italianquinconce
- Spanishquincunce
- Portuguesequincunce
In English words that came into English from quīncū̆nx
- quincunxquīncū̆nx