LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

quīniō

quīniō m (genitive quīniōnis)

Meaning

  1. The number five (e.g. on a die)
  2. A group of five soldiers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativequīniōquīniōnēs
genitivequīniōnisquīniōnum
dativequīniōnīquīniōnibus
accusativequīniōnemquīniōnēs
ablativequīniōnequīniōnibus
vocativequīniōquīniōnēs

quīnĭo, ōnis, m. quini,
I. the number five, a pentad (post-class.): quinionem filiorum eniti, Tert. Anim. 6: voluminum, id. ib. 46. —Esp. at dice, a five, a cinque, Isid. Orig. 18, 65.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Latin -iō Latin quīniō From quīnus (“five each”) + -iō.

Descendants
  • Portuguesequinhão
  • Galicianquiñón

Quick answers

What does quīniō mean in Latin?
quīniō, a noun, means “The number five (e.g. on a die); A group of five soldiers”.
What is the genitive of quīniō?
The genitive singular is quīniōnis. quīniō is masculine, third declension.