quintus

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Etymology [edit]

From quīnque (“five”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.

Adjective [edit]

quīntus m (feminine quīnta, neuter quīntum); first/second declension

(ordinal) fifth, the ordinal number after quartus 'fourth' and before sextus 'sixth'

Inflection [edit]

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	quīntus	quīnta	quīntum		quīntī	quīntae	quīnta
genitive	quīntī	quīntae	quīntī		quīntōrum	quīntārum	quīntōrum
dative	quīntō	quīntae	quīntō		quīntīs	quīntīs	quīntīs
accusative	quīntum	quīntam	quīntum		quīntōs	quīntās	quīnta
ablative	quīntō	quīntā	quīntō		quīntīs	quīntīs	quīntīs
vocative	quīnte	quīnta	quīntum		quīntī	quīntae	quīnta

Derived terms [edit]

Descendants [edit]

Catalan: quint
Dalmatian: cincto
Dutch: kwint
English: quint, quintain, quintate, quintile
French: quint

Friulian: cuint
Italian: quinto
Portuguese: quinto
Sardinian: quíntu
Spanish: quinto

Noun [edit]

quintus

(music) in a piece of vocal polyphony, the fifth voice added to the bass, cantus, tenor and alto.

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