The corpus record — Latin

quinque

quinque · num. adj

five

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Where it lives

Dittochaeon 3 · 24.51/10k
Medicamina faciei femineae 1 · 16.31/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 43-44 - 44 18 · 14.22/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 41-42 - 41 10 · 13.15/10k
Moretum, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 12.92/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32 - 32 13 · 12.2/10k
Datames 2 · 10.98/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32 - 31 13 · 10.28/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 23 15 · 10.21/10k
Divus Claudius 3 · 10.11/10k
Hannibal 2 · 9.78/10k
Griphus Ternarii numeri 1 · 9.35/10k

Densest 12 of 160 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. quinque — Lewis & Short

quinque, num. adj.Gr. pe/nte; Sanscr. pancan; Germ. fünf; Engl. five,

I five: minae, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 98: sensus, Lucr. 3, 626: stellae, Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 22: formae, id. N. D. 1, 8, 19: quinque tenent caelum zonae, Verg. G. 1, 233. pueri, Hor. S. 1, 6, 108: talenta, id. ib. 2, 7, 89: quinque ter ulnae, Ov. M. 8, 749: VIGINTI QVINQVE AERIS POENAE SVNTO, Lex XII. Tabularum, tab. 6.

2. quinque — Lewis & Short

quinque, for et quin,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 70.

3. quinque — Walde–Hofmann

quinque (7 nach quin(c)us, Sommer Hb.* 121, Leumann-Stolz® 104 gegen Juret MSL. 20,200) „fünf“ (seit XII tab., Plaut, Cato, rom. |[*eingue], quinqueangulus ,lüufeckig" seit Cael. Aur, [-um n. „Fünfeck* Prise.)), quinqueannális ,fünfjáhrig^ Inschr., quinquefascalis „Stadtprätor, der nur 5 fascés hat“ Inschr., quinquefolius „fünfhlätterig“ Pün. [-um n, ,Füntfblatt* seit Cels., rom.], rom. *einguedentia „Fünfzack", … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. quinque, p. 1313]

In the wild

6 of 1,108 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. quinque (scan pp. 1313-1314; entry #2214). Root candidates: *pom-.

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