quinarius

English

Etymology

Latin quinarius

Noun

quinarius (plural quinarii)

1. A small silver coin minted during the Roman Republic, equal to half of a denarius.

Latin

Etymology

From quīnus +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʷiːˈnaː.ri.us/, [kʷiːˈnäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwiˈna.ri.us/, [kwiˈnäːrius]

Adjective

quīnārius (feminine quīnāria, neuter quīnārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. Containing or consisting of five things
2. quinary

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	quīnārius	quīnāria	quīnārium		quīnāriī	quīnāriae	quīnāria
Genitive	quīnāriī	quīnāriae	quīnāriī		quīnāriōrum	quīnāriārum	quīnāriōrum
Dative	quīnāriō		quīnāriō		quīnāriīs
Accusative	quīnārium	quīnāriam	quīnārium		quīnāriōs	quīnāriās	quīnāria
Ablative	quīnāriō	quīnāriā	quīnāriō		quīnāriīs
Vocative	quīnārie	quīnāria	quīnārium		quīnāriī	quīnāriae	quīnāria

Descendants

• Catalan: quinari
• French: quinaire
• Galician: quinario
• Italian: quinario
• Portuguese: quinário
• Spanish: quinario

References

• “quinarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quinarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “quinarius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “quinarius”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin