quintana
See also: Quintana
Italian
Noun
quintana f (plural quintane)
- quintan fever
- quintain, joust
Latin
Etymology
From quintanus (the fifth).
Noun
quīntāna f (genitive quīntānae); first declension
- A street in the Roman camp, separating the fifth and sixth maniples, containing the marketplace
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | quīntāna | quīntānae |
| Genitive | quīntānae | quīntānārum |
| Dative | quīntānae | quīntānīs |
| Accusative | quīntānam | quīntānās |
| Ablative | quīntānā | quīntānīs |
| Vocative | quīntāna | quīntānae |
Descendants
- English: quintain
- Galician: Quintá, Quintán (place names); quinteiro (derived)
- Old Portuguese: quintãa
- Portuguese: quinta
- Portuguese: quintã
- Spanish: quinta
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin quintana (“the fifth”), giving name to one of the roads of the Roman camp where people used to sell groceries.
Noun
quintana f (plural quintanas)
- the fifth
- one of the roads of the Roman camp
- place
- farmhouse in the countryside or in a village
Adjective
quintana f
- feminine singular of quintano
Further reading
- “quintana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014