quinquennis
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From quīnque (“five”) + annus (“year”) + -is (“forming compound adjectives”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) 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.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | 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 | |
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.