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English
Etymology
From Latin quinarius.
Noun
quinarius (plural quinarii)
- A small silver coin minted during the Roman Republic, equal to half of a denarius.
Latin
Etymology
From quīnus + -ārius.
Pronunciation
Adjective
quīnārius (feminine quīnāria, neuter quīnārium); first/second-declension adjective
- Containing or consisting of five things
- quinary
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “quinarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- quinarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “quinarius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “quinarius”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin