LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

quīntāna

quīntāna f (genitive quīntānae)

Meaning

  1. A street in the Roman camp, separating the fifth and sixth maniples, containing the marketplace

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativequīntānaquīntānae
genitivequīntānaequīntānārum
dativequīntānaequīntānīs
accusativequīntānamquīntānās
ablativequīntānāquīntānīs
vocativequīntānaquīntānae

Origins

From quintanus (“the fifth”), from quintus + -anus.

Descendants
  • Italianquintana
  • Englishquintainfrom Old French quintaine
  • Frenchquintainefrom Old French quintaine
  • Portuguesequintafrom Old Galician-Portuguese quintãa
  • Portuguesequintãfrom Old Galician-Portuguese quintãa
  • Spanishquinta
  • Welshcwintenfrom Old French quintaine
  • Asturianquintanafrom Old Leonese quintana
  • GalicianQuintáfrom Old Galician-Portuguese quintãa
  • GalicianQuintánfrom Old Galician-Portuguese quintãa

In English words that came into English from quīntāna

  • quintainquīntāna

Quick answers

What does quīntāna mean in Latin?
quīntāna, a noun, means “A street in the Roman camp, separating the fifth and sixth maniples, containing the marketplace”.
What is the genitive of quīntāna?
The genitive singular is quīntānae. quīntāna is feminine, first declension.