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quini

Five each

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Didius Julianus 1 · 6.29/10k
Diadumenus Antoninus 1 · 5.99/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 43-44 - 43 3 · 5.23/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 41-42 - 41 3 · 3.95/10k
Eclogarum Liber 1 · 3.65/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 39-40 - 39 5 · 3.39/10k
Tacitus 1 · 3.24/10k
Divus Claudius 2 · 3.13/10k
Domitianus 1 · 2.91/10k
Commodus Antoninus 1 · 2.89/10k
Historiae 1 · 2.46/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 39-40 - 40 3 · 2.03/10k

Densest 12 of 69 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

quīni — Lewis & Short

quīni, ae, a (

I gen. plur. quinum, Col. 4, 30; Pandect. 40, 9, 5: quinorum not found), num. distr. adj. [quinque].

I Five each: quini in lectulis, Cic. Pis. 27, 67: pedes, Caes. B. G. 3, 73: ordines, id. ib. 7, 23: versus, Nep. Att. 18, 6: milia peditum, Liv. 8, 8: ova pariunt, Col. 8, 14, 5: aureorum, Dig. 40, 9, 5.—

II In gen., five: minae, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 111: bis quinos silet dies, Verg. A. 2, 126: armenta, id. ib. 7, 538: nomina principum, Liv. 28, 26.— In sing.: lex me perdit quina vicenaria, i.e. a law invalidating contracts entered into before the age of twenty-five (the lex Plaetoria; v. Cic. Off. 1, 15, 61), Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 69: scrobes non altiores quino semipede, i. e. two feet and a half, Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 80.

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6 of 234 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. quini (scan p. 582; entry #9543).

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