quinque

Latin

Latin cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : quīnque     Ordinal : quīntus     Adverbial : quīnquiēs     Multiplier : quīnquiplex     Distributive : quīnī
Latin Wikipedia article on quīnque

Alternative forms

• Symbol: V

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe (cf. the Italic *kʷ-kʷ, from *p-kʷ shift, also found in words like coquō; compare proto-Celtic *kʷinkʷe). Cognates include Sanskrit पञ्चन् (páñcan), Ancient Greek πέντε (pente), Old Armenian հինգ (hing) and Old English fīf (English five).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈkʷiːn.kʷe/

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Numeral

quīnque (indeclinable)

1. (cardinal) five; 5
   • ca. 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book VI, lines 439-440

     Iam tempora Titan quinque per autumnos repetiti duxerat anni

     "Now Titan had led time through five autumn seasons"

   • 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Lucas 9:16

     acceptis autem quinque panibus et duobus piscibus respexit in caelum et benedixit illis et fregit et distribuit discipulis suis ut ponerent ante turbas

     "Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude."

Descendants

Aromanian: tsintsi Catalan: cinc Corsican: cinqui Dalmatian: čenc French: cinq Friulian: cinc Galician: cinco Italian: cinque

Jèrriais: chînq Occitan: cinc Portuguese: cinco Romanian: cinci Romansch: tschintg Sardinian: chimbe Sicilian: cincu Spanish: cinco

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers