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

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
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