quinquifidus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From quīnque (“five”) +‎ -fidus, related to findere (“to split”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

quīnquifidus (feminine quīnquifida, neuter quīnquifidum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. quinquefid, split into five parts

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative quīnquifidus quīnquifida quīnquifidum quīnquifidī quīnquifidae quīnquifida
genitive quīnquifidī quīnquifidae quīnquifidī quīnquifidōrum quīnquifidārum quīnquifidōrum
dative quīnquifidō quīnquifidae quīnquifidō quīnquifidīs
accusative quīnquifidum quīnquifidam quīnquifidum quīnquifidōs quīnquifidās quīnquifida
ablative quīnquifidō quīnquifidā quīnquifidō quīnquifidīs
vocative quīnquifide quīnquifida quīnquifidum quīnquifidī quīnquifidae quīnquifida

Coordinate terms

Descendants

  • English: quinquefid

References

  • “quinquifidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • quinquifidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • quinquifidus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
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