quinquangulus

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Latin

Etymology

From quīnque (“five”) +‎ angulus (“angled”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

quīnquangulus (feminine quīnquangula, neuter quīnquangulum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. pentagonal
    • 1611, Johannes Kepler, Strena seu De Niva Sexangula, page 5:
      Nam si casu fit, cur non aeque quinquangula cadunt, aut septangula, cur semper sexangula, siquidem nondum confusa et glomerata multitudine, variogue impulsu, sed sparsa et distincta?
      For if it happens by chance, why do they not fall equally pentagonal, or heptagonal, why always hexagonal, if in fact they are never mixed and heaped in a great number, and by different impact, but sparse and distinct?

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative quīnquangulus quīnquangula quīnquangulum quīnquangulī quīnquangulae quīnquangula
Genitive quīnquangulī quīnquangulae quīnquangulī quīnquangulōrum quīnquangulārum quīnquangulōrum
Dative quīnquangulō quīnquangulō quīnquangulīs
Accusative quīnquangulum quīnquangulam quīnquangulum quīnquangulōs quīnquangulās quīnquangula
Ablative quīnquangulō quīnquangulā quīnquangulō quīnquangulīs
Vocative quīnquangule quīnquangula quīnquangulum quīnquangulī quīnquangulae quīnquangula

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