LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
numeral

quīnque

quīnque (indeclinable)
Classical[ˈkʷiːŋ.kʷɛ]Ecclesiastical[ˈkʷiŋ.kʷe]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. indeclinablefive; 5
    Iam tempora Titan quinque per autumnos repetiti duxerat anniNow Titan had led time through five autumn seasons8 CE, Ovidius, Metamorphoses 6.439–440
    acceptis autem quinque panibus et duobus piscibus respexit in caelum et benedixit illis et fregit et distribuit discipulis suis ut ponerent ante turbasThen he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Lucas.9.16

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

quinque annos or sextum (iam) annum abest
he has been absent five years.
quinque anni sunt or sextus annus est, cum te non vidi
I have not seen you for five years.

quinque, num. adj. Gr. πέντε; Sanscr. pancan; Germ. fünf; Engl. five,
I. five: minae, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 98: sensus, Lucr. 3, 626: stellae, Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 22: formae, id. N. D. 1, 8, 19: quinque tenent caelum zonae, Verg. G. 1, 233. pueri, Hor. S. 1, 6, 108: talenta, id. ib. 2, 7, 89: quinque ter ulnae, Ov. M. 8, 749: VIGINTI QVINQVE AERIS POENAE SVNTO, Lex XII. Tabularum, tab. 6.
quinque, for et quin, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 70.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷe
  2. Proto-Italic*kʷenkʷe
  3. Latinquīnque

Inherited from Proto-Italic *kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe (the Italic *kʷ-kʷ, which developed by a consonant shift from *p-kʷ, is also found in words like coquō; compare Proto-Celtic *kʷinkʷe). Cognates include Sanskrit पञ्च (páñca), Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte), Old Armenian հինգ (hing), Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 (fimf) and Old English fīf (English five). Doublet of Pompeii.

Insular Romance
  • Sardinianchimbe
  • Sardiniancincu
Occitano-Romance
  • Catalancinc
  • Occitancinc
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesecincofrom Old Galician-Portuguese cinco
  • Spanishcincofrom Old Spanish çinco
  • Aragonesecincofrom Old Navarro-Aragonese cinco
  • Aragonesecincfrom Old Navarro-Aragonese cinco
  • Asturiancincofrom Old Leonese cinco
  • Extremadurancincufrom Old Leonese cinco
  • Leonesecincufrom Old Leonese cinco
  • Mirandesecincofrom Old Leonese cinco
  • Galiciancincofrom Old Galician-Portuguese cinco
  • Ladinosinkofrom Old Spanish çinco
Balkan Romance
  • Romaniancinci
  • Aromaniantsintsi
  • Istro-Romanianćinć
  • Megleno-Romaniantsints
  • Megleno-Romanianținți
Italo-Romance
  • Italiancinque
  • Corsicancinque
  • Corsicancinqui
  • Dalmatiancionco
  • Sabircinquefrom Italian cinque
  • Neapolitancinco
  • Siciliancincu
North Italian
  • Emilianzénc
  • Liguriançìnque
  • Lombardcinchfrom Old Lombard zinqui
  • Piedmontesesinch
  • Romagnolzéncv
  • Friuliancinc
  • Istriotsinque
  • Ladincinch
  • Romanshtschintg
  • Romanshtschun
Gallo-Romance
  • Franco-Provençalcinq
  • Gallosinqfrom Old French cinc
  • Gallosinfrom Old French cinc
  • Middle Frenchcinqfrom Old French cinc
  • Normanchînqfrom Old French cinc
  • Normanchinqfrom Old French cinc
  • Normanchinfrom Old French cinc
  • Wallooncénkfrom Old French cinc

Quick answers

What does quīnque mean in Latin?
quīnque, a numeral, means “five; 5”.
How do you pronounce quīnque?
In classical Latin, [ˈkʷiːŋ.kʷɛ]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkʷiŋ.kʷe].
Where does quīnque come from?
Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe → Proto-Italic *kʷenkʷe → Latin quīnque.