quinquifidus

Latin

Alternative forms

• quinquefidus

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷiːnˈkʷi.fi.dus/, [kʷiːŋˈkʷɪfɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwinˈkwi.fi.dus/, [kwiŋˈkwiːfid̪us]

Adjective

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

1. quinquefid, split into five parts

Declension

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

• bifidus, trifidus, quadrifidus, centifidus, multifidus

Descendants

• English: quinquefid

References

• “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