Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From quīnque (five) +‎ -fidus, related to findere (to split).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

quīnquifidus (feminine quīnquifida, neuter quīnquifidum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. quinquefid, split into five parts

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative quīnquifidus quīnquifida quīnquifidum quīnquifidī quīnquifidae quīnquifida
Genitive quīnquifidī quīnquifidae quīnquifidī quīnquifidōrum quīnquifidārum quīnquifidōrum
Dative quīnquifidō quīnquifidō quīnquifidīs
Accusative quīnquifidum quīnquifidam quīnquifidum quīnquifidōs quīnquifidās quīnquifida
Ablative quīnquifidō quīnquifidā quīnquifidō quīnquifidīs
Vocative quīnquifide quīnquifida quīnquifidum quīnquifidī quīnquifidae quīnquifida

Coordinate terms edit

Descendants edit

  • English: quinquefid

References edit

  • quinquifidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • quinquifidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • quinquifidus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung