quintana

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Italian[edit]

Noun[edit]

quintana f (plural quintane)

  1. quintan fever
  2. quintain, joust

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From quintanus (the fifth), from quintus +‎ -anus.

Noun[edit]

quīntāna f (genitive quīntānae); first declension

  1. A street in the Roman camp, separating the fifth and sixth maniples, containing the marketplace

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative quīntāna quīntānae
Genitive quīntānae quīntānārum
Dative quīntānae quīntānīs
Accusative quīntānam quīntānās
Ablative quīntānā quīntānīs
Vocative quīntāna quīntānae

Descendants[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin quintana (the fifth), giving name to one of the roads of the Roman camp where people used to sell groceries.

Noun[edit]

quintana f (plural quintanas)

  1. the fifth
  2. one of the roads of the Roman camp
  3. place
  4. farmhouse in the countryside or in a village

Adjective[edit]

quintana f

  1. feminine singular of quintano

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