quinquennis
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From quīnque (“five”) + annus (“year”) + -is (“forming compound adjectives”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kʷiːnˈkʷen.nis/, [kʷiːŋˈkʷɛnːɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwinˈkwen.nis/, [kwiŋˈkwɛnːis]
Adjective
[edit]quīnquennis (neuter quīnquenne); third-declension two-termination adjective
Declension
[edit]Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | quīnquennis | quīnquenne | quīnquennēs | quīnquennia | |
| genitive | quīnquennis | quīnquennium | |||
| dative | quīnquennī | quīnquennibus | |||
| accusative | quīnquennem | quīnquenne | quīnquennēs quīnquennīs |
quīnquennia | |
| ablative | quīnquennī | quīnquennibus | |||
| vocative | quīnquennis | quīnquenne | quīnquennēs | quīnquennia | |
Coordinate terms
[edit]- biennis, triennis, quadriennis, sexennis, septuennis, octennis, novennis, decennis, undecennis, duodecennis, tridecennis, quattuordecennis, quindecennis, sedecennis, septendecennis, duodevicennis, undevicennis, vicennis, tricennis, quadragennis, quinquagennis, sexagennis, septuagennis, octogennis, nonagennis, centennis, ducentennis, trecentennis, quadringentennis, quingentennis, sescentennis, septingentennis, octingentennis, nongentennis, millennis
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: quinquenniad
- Italian: quinquenne, cinquenne
References
[edit]- “quinquennis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- quinquennis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.