Quinquatrus

English

Noun

Quinquatrus

1. Synonym of Quinquatria

Latin

Alternative forms

• Quīnquātria

Etymology

From quīnque, i.e. feast held on the fifth day after the Ides of March.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷiːnˈkʷaː.truːs/, [kʷiːŋˈkʷäːt̪ruːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwinˈkwa.trus/, [kwiŋˈkwäːt̪rus]

Proper noun

Quīnquātrūs f pl (genitive Quīnquātruum); fourth declension

1. A festival held in honor of the goddess Minerva, held on the fifth day after the Ides.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Quīnquātrūs
Genitive	Quīnquātruum
Dative	Quīnquātribus Quīnquātrubus
Accusative	Quīnquātrūs
Ablative	Quīnquātribus Quīnquātrubus
Vocative	Quīnquātrūs

References

• “Quinquatrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Quinquatrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.