adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
quīnquāgēnārius
quīnquāgēnārius (feminine quīnquāgēnāria, neuter quīnquāgēnārium)
Classical[kʷiːŋ.kʷaː.ɡeːˈnaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[kʷiŋ.kʷa.d͡ʒeˈnaː.ri.us]
Meaning
- adjectiverelationalnumber fifty
- adjectivefifty-year-old
[…] for, although, I be quinquagenarius, or fifty years of age, yet what Virgin in Florence will respuat me when I abound in riches, […]
1663, William Clark (advocate), “Scaena Septima”, in William H. Logan, editor, Marciano; or, the Discovery. A Tragi-Comedy., Edinburgh: Reprinted for Private Circulation, published 1871, page 38:
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quīnquāgintā pedumquīnquāgēnārius -a -um — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 2
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | quīnquāgēnārius | quīnquāgēnāria | quīnquāgēnārium |
| genitive | quīnquāgēnāriī | quīnquāgēnāriae | quīnquāgēnāriī |
| dative | quīnquāgēnāriō | quīnquāgēnāriae | quīnquāgēnāriō |
| accusative | quīnquāgēnārium | quīnquāgēnāriam | quīnquāgēnārium |
| ablative | quīnquāgēnāriō | quīnquāgēnāriā | quīnquāgēnāriō |
| vocative | quīnquāgēnārie | quīnquāgēnāria | quīnquāgēnārium |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | quīnquāgēnāriī | quīnquāgēnāriae | quīnquāgēnāria |
| genitive | quīnquāgēnāriōrum | quīnquāgēnāriārum | quīnquāgēnāriōrum |
| dative | quīnquāgēnāriīs | quīnquāgēnāriīs | quīnquāgēnāriīs |
| accusative | quīnquāgēnāriōs | quīnquāgēnāriās | quīnquāgēnāria |
| ablative | quīnquāgēnāriīs | quīnquāgēnāriīs | quīnquāgēnāriīs |
| vocative | quīnquāgēnāriī | quīnquāgēnāriae | quīnquāgēnāria |
quinquāgēnārĭus, a, um, adj. quinquageni.
I. Consisting of fifty, containing fifty:
grex equarum, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 11: dolium, Cato, R. R. 69, 2: urna, id. ib. 10, 2: fistula, the plate of which, before being bent, was fifty inches in width, Vitr. 8, 7: quinquagenarius (homo), fifty years old, Quint. 9, 2, 85.—II. Subst.: quinquāgēnārĭi, among the Israelites, military officers commanding fifty men, captains over fifty, Hier. in Isa. 2, 3, 3; Vulg. Exod. 18, 21; id. Deut. 1, 15; id. 1 Reg. 1, 9 sq.
Origins
From quinquāgēnus (“fifty each”) + -ārius (suffix forming denumeral adjectives), from quinquāgintā (“fifty”).
In English words that came into English from quīnquāgēnārius
- quinquagenaryquīnquāgēnārius