Quintilis

See also: quintilis

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Quīntīlis (“Fifth Month”).

Proper noun

Quintilis

1. (historical) The month of the ancient Roman calendar which became July, the fifth month when the year began with March and the seventh after it began with January.

Synonyms

• July; Julius (uncommon); Quintile (obsolete)

Latin

Alternative forms

• Quint., quint. (abbreviation)
• Quinctilis, quinctilis, quintilis

Etymology

As a noun, ellipsis of Quīntīlis mēnsis m (“fifth month”), from quīntus (“fifth”) +‎ -īlis, due to its position in the Roman calendar prior to the establishment of Iānuārius (“January”) as the first month.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷiːnˈtiː.lis/, [kʷiːn̪ˈt̪iːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwinˈti.lis/, [kwin̪ˈt̪iːlis]

Proper noun

Quīntīlis m sg (genitive Quīntīlis); third declension

1. (historical) Quintilis: the Roman month following June; renamed July in 44 BC.

   nōnae Quīntīlēs ― the nones of July

   īdibus Quīntīlibus ― on the ides of July

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Quīntīlis	Quīntīlēs
Genitive	Quīntīlis	Quīntīlium
Dative	Quīntīlī	Quīntīlibus
Accusative	Quīntīlem	Quīntīlēs Quīntīlīs
Ablative	Quīntīle	Quīntīlibus
Vocative	Quīntīlis	Quīntīlēs

Adjective

Quīntīlis (neuter Quīntīle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (historical) Of Quintilis.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	Quīntīlis	Quīntīle		Quīntīlēs	Quīntīlia
Genitive	Quīntīlis			Quīntīlium
Dative	Quīntīlī			Quīntīlibus
Accusative	Quīntīlem	Quīntīle		Quīntīlēs Quīntīlīs	Quīntīlia
Ablative	Quīntīlī			Quīntīlibus
Vocative	Quīntīlis	Quīntīle		Quīntīlēs	Quīntīlia

Synonyms

• Iūlius, iūlius
• Jūlius, jūlius

Descendants

• → English: Quintilis (learned)

See also

• Roman calendar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• “Quintilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Quintilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1302/3.
• Quintilis in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 2171