Quintus

See also: quintus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Q.
• Qu.
• Quīnctus

Etymology

From quīntus (“the fifth”), itself from quīnque (“five”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷiːn.tus/, [ˈkᶣiːn.tʊs]

Proper noun

Quīntus m (genitive Quīntī); second declension

1. A masculine praenomen, originally used for a fifth-born son (not counting daughters).

Declension

Second declension.

Case	Singular
nominative	Quīntus
genitive	Quīntī
dative	Quīntō
accusative	Quīntum
ablative	Quīntō
vocative	Quīnte

Derived terms

• Quīnctiānus
• Quīnctilius
• Quīnta
• Quīntiānus
• Quīntiliānus
• Quīntilis
• Quīntillus
• Quīntiniānus
• Quīntīnus
• Quīntīpor
• Quīntius

Descendants

• Corsican: Quintu
• Dutch: Kwint, Kwinten, Quint, Quinten
• English: Quint
• French: Quint, Quentin
• Ancient Greek: Κόϊντος (Kóïntos), Κύϊντος (Kýïntos), Κούϊντος (Koúïntos), Κύειντος (Kýeintos), Κύντος (Kýntos)
• Modern Greek: Κόιντος (Kóintos), Κοΐντας (Koïntas)
• Italian: Quinto
• Polish: Kwintus
• Portuguese: Quinto
• Russian: Квинт (Kvint)
• Serbo-Croatian: Kvint
• Slovenian: Kvint
• Spanish: Quinto
• Swedish: Qvintus

See also

• Sixtus
• Septimus
• Octāvus, Octāviānus
• Decimus

References

• Quintus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Quintus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)