quincunx — Lewis & Short
quincunx. uncis, m.quinque-uncia,
I fire twelfths of a whole (of an as, a jugerum, a pound, a sextarius, etc.).
I Lit.: si de quincunce remota est Uncia, quid superat? from five twelfths of an as, Hor. A. P. 327; so five twelfths of a jugerum, Col. 5, 1, 11; of a pound, id. 12, 28, 1; of a sextarius, five cyathi. Mart. 1, 28, 2; 2, 1, 9:
quincunces et sex cyathos bessemque bibamus,id. 11, 36, 7.—Of five twelfths of an inheritance, Plin. Ep. 7, 11, 1.—
Of interest,five per cent., Pers. 5, 149.—
In apposition with usura: quincunces usuras spopondit,Dig. 46, 3, 102; Inscr. Giorn. Arcad. 28, p. 356.—
II Transf., trees planted in the form of a quincunx (i.e. ?*!, the five spots on dice); also, trees planted in oblique lines, thus:
?*! quid illo quincunce speciosius, qui in quamcumque partem spectaveris, rectus est?Quint. 8, 3, 9 Spald.:
in quincuncem serere,Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 2; cf.: directi in quincuncem ordines, Cic. Sen. 17, 59:
in quincuncem disposita,Col. 3, 13, 4; 3, 15, 1:
obliquis ordinibus in quincuncem dispositis,Caes. B. G. 7, 73.