Latin edit

Etymology edit

From quīnquennis (5-year) +‎ -ālis (-al: forming adjectives), from quīnque (five) + annus (year) + -is (forming compound adjs). Equivalent to quīnque + annālis (of or related to a year).

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Adjective edit

quīnquennālis (neuter quīnquennāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. quinquennial, of or related to a 5-year period

Declension edit

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative quīnquennālis quīnquennāle quīnquennālēs quīnquennālia
Genitive quīnquennālis quīnquennālium
Dative quīnquennālī quīnquennālibus
Accusative quīnquennālem quīnquennāle quīnquennālēs
quīnquennālīs
quīnquennālia
Ablative quīnquennālī quīnquennālibus
Vocative quīnquennālis quīnquennāle quīnquennālēs quīnquennālia

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References edit

  • quinquennalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • quinquennalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • quinquennalis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • quinquennalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • quinquennalis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin