The corpus record — Latin

quinquennis

quinquennis · adj

of five years

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Where it lives

Severus 2 · 4.75/10k
Satyrarum libri 2 · 1.41/10k
Poenulus 1 · 0.91/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklürt von M. Weissenborn, book 45 1 · 0.76/10k
Controversiae 5 · 0.76/10k
Ex Ponto 1 · 0.48/10k
Jugurtha 1 · 0.47/10k
Excerpta Controversiae 1 · 0.47/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 3 · 0.38/10k
Philippicae 1 · 0.19/10k
Naturalis Historia 6 · 0.15/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.13/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

quinquennis — Lewis & Short

quinquennis, e, adj.id.,

I of five years or five years old: filia, Plaut. Poen. prol. 85: Olympias, celebrated every fifth year, quinquennial, Ov. P. 4, 6, 5: vinum, Hor. S. 2, 8, 47: oleae, id. ib. 2, 2, 57: juvenis, Col. 7, 3, 6. —Plur. as subst.: quinquennĭa, ōrum, n., for quinquennālĭa, ium, games celebrated every fifth year, Stat. S. 5, 3, 113.

In the wild

quinquennis Historia Augusta, Severus 4
quinquennis Horace, Satyrarum libri 2.2.57
quinquennis Seneca the Elder, Controversiae 7.5.13
quinquenni Seneca the Elder, Controversiae 7.5.11
quinquennis Plautus, Poenulus prologue.pr
quinquenni Sallust, Jugurtha 11.p2

6 of 27 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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