Quintus

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See also: quintus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Q.
• Qu.
• Quinctus

Etymology

From quintus 'the fifth', itself from quinque 'five'.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷin.tus/, [ˈkᶣɪn.tʊs]

Proper noun

Quintus m ‎(genitive Quintī); second declension

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

Declension

Second declension.

Case	Singular
nominative	Quintus
genitive	Quintī
dative	Quintō
accusative	Quintum
ablative	Quintō
vocative	Quinte

Derived terms

• Quinctianus
• Quinctilius
• Quinta
• Quintianus
• Quintilianus
• Quintilis
• Quintillus
• Quintinianus
• Quintinus
• Quintīpor
• Quintius

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
• Octavus, Octavianus
• Decimus

References

• Quintus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Quintus in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.