quinquennium
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin quīnquennium.
Noun
quinquennium (plural quinquenniums or quinquennia)
Synonyms
- lustrum
- quinquenniad, quintennium
Related terms
- (adj.): quinquennial, quintennial
- (4-year period): quadrennium, tetraeteris, tetraeterid
- (6-year period): sexennium
Translations
period of time five years long
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Latin
Etymology
From quinquennis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷiːnˈkʷen.ni.um/, [kᶣiːŋˈkᶣɛn.ni.ũ]
Noun
quīnquennium n (genitive quīnquenniī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | quīnquennium | quīnquennia |
Genitive | quīnquenniī quīnquennī1 |
quīnquenniōrum |
Dative | quīnquenniō | quīnquenniīs |
Accusative | quīnquennium | quīnquennia |
Ablative | quīnquenniō | quīnquenniīs |
Vocative | quīnquennium | quīnquennia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
References
- quinquennium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- quinquennium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quinquennium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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