quintana

See also: Quintana

Italian

Noun

quintana f (plural quintane)

1. quintan fever
2. quintain, joust

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Latin

Etymology

From quintanus (the fifth).

Noun

quīntāna f (genitive quīntānae); first declension

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

Declension

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

• English: quintain
• Galician: Quintá, Quintán (place names); quinteiro (derived)
• Old Galician-Portuguese: quintãa
  • Portuguese: quinta
  • Portuguese: quintã
• Spanish: quinta

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Adjective

quintana f

1. feminine singular of quintano

Noun

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

Further reading

• “quintana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014