proper noun · femininefourth declension
Quīnquātrūs
Quīnquātrūs f pl (genitive Quīnquātruum)
Classical[kʷiːŋˈkʷaː.truːs]Ecclesiastical[kʷiŋˈkʷaː.trus]
Meaning
- A festival held in honor of the goddess Minerva, held on the fifth day after the Ides.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | Quīnquātrūs |
| genitive | — | Quīnquātruum |
| dative | — | Quīnquātribus Quīnquātrubus |
| accusative | — | Quīnquātrūs |
| ablative | — | Quīnquātribus Quīnquātrubus |
| vocative | — | Quīnquātrūs |
Quinquātrūs, ŭum, f., and Quin-quātrĭa, ōrum and ĭum, n. quinque, as falling on the fifth day after the ides; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 14 Müll.; Fest. p. 254 sq. ib.; Gell. 2, 21, 7,
I. a festival celebrated in honor of Minerva, the festival of Minerva (of these there were two, the greater, majores, held from the 19th to the 23d of March; and the lesser, minores or minusculae, on the 13th of June): Quinquatrus, hic dies unus, a nominis errore observatur proinde ac sint quinque. Dictus ut ab Tusculanis post diem sextum Idus similiter vocatur Sexatrus, et post diem septimum Septimatrus;
sic hic, quod erat post diem quintum Idus Quinquatrus, Varr. L. L. 6, § 14 Müll. This is described by Ov. F. 3, 809 sqq.; Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 97: Quinquatribus frequenti senatu causam tuam egi, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 1: pridie Quinquatrus, id. Att. 9, 13, 2: Quinquatribus ultimis, Liv. 44, 20; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 197.— In the form Quinquatria: celebrabat et in Albano quotannis Quinquatria Minervae, Suet. Dom. 4: sollemnia Quinquatrium, id. Ner. 34: nos Quinquatriis satis jucunde egimus, August. ap. Suet. Aug. 71; Ov. Am. 1, 8, 65.— Of the lesser Quinquatrus: Quinquatrus minusculae dictae Juniae Idus ab similitudine majorum, quod tibicines tum feriati vagantur per urbem et conveniunt ad aedem Minervae, Varr. L. L. 6, § 17 Müll.; cf. Fest. p. 149 ib.: et jam Quinquatrus jubeor narrare minores, Ov. F. 6, 651.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
quīnquātrūs (uum), f
quinque, a festival in honor of Minerva, held on the fifth day after the ides (from March 19th to 23d; afterwards known as quinquatrūs maiores): pridie quinquatrūs: quinquatribus ultimis, L.: Quinquatrūs iubeor narrare minores (on the ides of June), O.
Origins
From quīnque, i.e. feast held on the fifth day after the Ides of March. According to Varro, the Tusculans also called the sixth day after the Ides sexatrus and the seventh septimatrus.