Quintus
See also: quintus
Latin
Alternative forms
- Q.
- Qu.
- Quīnctus
Etymology
From quīntus (“the fifth”), itself from quīnque (“five”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʷiːn.tus/, [ˈkᶣiːn.tʊs]
Proper noun
Quīntus m (genitive Quīntī); second declension
- A masculine praenomen, originally used for a fifth-born son (not counting daughters).
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Quīntus |
| Genitive | Quīntī |
| Dative | Quīntō |
| Accusative | Quīntum |
| Ablative | Quīntō |
| Vocative | Quīnte |
Derived terms
- Quīnctiānus
- Quīnctilius
- Quīnta
- Quīntiānus
- Quīntiliānus
- Quīntilis
- Quīntillus
- Quīntiniānus
- Quīntīnus
- Quīntīpor
- Quīntius
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
- Octāvus, Octāviānus
- Decimus
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