Quintus

See also: quintus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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 noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Quīntus Quīntī
Genitive Quīntī Quīntōrum
Dative Quīntō Quīntīs
Accusative Quīntum Quīntōs
Ablative Quīntō Quīntīs
Vocative Quīnte Quīntī

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Corsican: Quintu
  • Dutch: Kwint, Kwinten, Quint, Quinten
  • English: Quint
  • French: Quint, Quentin
  • Ancient Greek: Κόϊντος (Kóïntos), Κύϊντος (Kúïntos), Κούϊντος (Koúïntos), Κύειντος (Kúeintos), Κύντος (Kúntos)
  • Greek: Κόιντος (Kóintos), Κοΐντας (Koḯntas)
  • Italian: Quinto
  • Polish: Kwintus
  • Portuguese: Quinto
  • Russian: Квинт (Kvint)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kvint
  • Slovene: Kvint
  • Spanish: Quinto
  • Swedish: Qvintus, Quintus

See also

References
  • “Quintus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Quintus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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