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.

	singular			plural
	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

Coordinate terms

• biennis, triennis, quadriennis, sexennis, septuennis, octennis, novennis, decennis, undecennis, duodecennis, tridecennis, quattuordecennis, quindecennis, sedecennis, septendecennis, duodevicennis, undevicennis, vicennis, tricennis, quadragennis, quinquagennis, sexagennis, septuagennis, octogennis, nonagennis, centennis, ducentennis, trecentennis, quadringentennis, quingentennis, sescentennis, septingentennis, octingentennis, nongentennis, millennis

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.