quintana

See also: Quintana

Italian

Noun

quintana f (plural quintane)

  1. quintan fever
  2. quintain, joust

Latin

Etymology

From quintanus (the fifth)

Noun

quintana f (genitive quintanae); first declension

  1. A street in the Roman camp, separating the fifth and sixth maniples, containing the marketplace

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative quintana quintanae
Genitive quintanae quintanārum
Dative quintanae quintanīs
Accusative quintanam quintanās
Ablative quintanā quintanīs
Vocative quintana quintanae

Descendants
  • Galician: Quintá, Quintán (place names); quinteiro (derived)

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)

  1. The fifth
  2. one of the roads of the Roman camp
  3. place
  4. farmhouse in the countryside or in a village
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