quinquennis

Latin

Etymology

From quīnque (“five”) +‎ annus (“year”) +‎ -is (“forming compound adjectives”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷiːnˈkʷen.nis/, [kʷiːŋˈkʷɛnːɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwinˈkwen.nis/, [kwiŋˈkwɛnːis]

Adjective

quīnquennis (neuter quīnquenne); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. five-year-old
2. quinquennial

Declension

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

• quīnquennālis
• quīnquennium

 

Descendants

• English: quinquenniad
• Italian: quinquenne, cinquenne

References

• “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.