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quintus1

quintus1 · num. adj

the fifth

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Where it lives

Cato 1 · 23.36/10k
Precationes 1 · 21.6/10k
Cimon 1 · 18.66/10k
Eclogarum Liber 4 · 14.61/10k
Atticus 5 · 14.14/10k
De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites 7 · 10.5/10k
Letters to Atticus 119 · 9.68/10k
Divus Julius 9 · 9.23/10k
Domitianus 3 · 8.72/10k
Vitellius 2 · 8.31/10k
Ephemeris id est totius diei negotium 1 · 7.71/10k
Otho 1 · 6.34/10k

Densest 12 of 149 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. quintus — Lewis & Short

quintus (old form quinctus, a, um, num. adj.quinque,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 123),

I the fifth: quarta invidia, quinta ambitio, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 8: locus, Cic. Inv. 1, 53, 102; 1, 55, 107: natura, id. Tusc. 1, 17, 41: quinta pars, quintessence, essence, Hor. C. 1, 13, 16: quinto mense, quinto die, Liv. 31, 7.— Advv.

A quintum, for the fifth time: declarati consules Q. Fabius Maximus quintum, Q. Fabius Flaccus quartum, Liv. 27, 6; 6, 42; Vell. 1, 14, 6. —

B quintō, for the fifth time: eodem anno lectisternium Romae, quinto post conditam Urbem, habitum est, Liv. 8, 25.

2. Quintus — Lewis & Short

Quintus, i, m., and Quinta, ae, f.,

I Roman prænomen; the former usually abbreviated Q.: Quintus Arrius, Cic. Mil. 17, 46: Q. Scaevola, id. Phil. 8, 10, 31.—Quinta, Cic. Cael. 14, 34; id. Har. Resp. 13, 27; Liv. 29, 14, 12.

3. quintus — Walde–Hofmann

quintus (quinctus mit nach quimque wiederhergestelltem Gutt., kaum aus *guinguetos) = gr. neuntog, kret. mevrog „der fünfte", ven. krito ‘Quintö?“ (Vetter Cl. 23, 198 £.), mess. PN. penkeos? (Whatmough Lg. 3, 226 [bezweifelt von Krahe ZONF. 7, 33], ahd. usw. fimfto, fiunftö, got. fimfta, lit. pesiktas, aksl. pet (s. oben), toch. A pänt, B pinkte, air. cölced, cüiced, kymr, usw. pimphet, bret. pempet, gall. pinpetos, … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. quintus, p. 1314]

In the wild

u Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 19.14.6
quinto Plautus, Trinummus 2.4
quintum Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 19.9.7
quinti Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.29.16.3
quintum Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 4.22.2
Quintus Cicero, Letters to Atticus 16.5.2

6 of 890 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. quintus (scan p. 1314; entry #2216).

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