Quintus

See also: quintus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Q., Qu., Quīnctus

Etymology

From quīntus (“fifth”), itself from quīnque (“five”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷiːn.tus/, [ˈkʷiːn̪t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwin.tus/, [ˈkwin̪t̪us]

Proper noun

Quīntus m (genitive Quīntī); second declension

1. A masculine praenomen, originally used for a fifth-born son (not counting daughters).

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Quīntus	Quīntī
Genitive	Quīntī	Quīntōrum
Dative	Quīntō	Quīntīs
Accusative	Quīntum	Quīntōs
Ablative	Quīntō	Quīntīs
Vocative	Quīnte	Quīntī

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 (Kúïntos), Κούϊντος (Koúïntos), Κύειντος (Kúeintos), Κύντος (Kúntos)
• Greek: Κόιντος (Kóintos), Κοΐντας (Koḯntas)
• Italian: Quinto
• Polish: Kwintus
• Portuguese: Quinto
• Russian: Квинт (Kvint)
• Serbo-Croatian: Kvint
• Slovene: Kvint
• Spanish: Quinto
• Swedish: Qvintus, Quintus

See also

• Decimus
• Octāvus
• Octāviānus
• Septimus
• Sextus

 

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.