quincunx

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quīncunx.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwɪŋkʌŋks/
  • IPA(key): /ˈkwɪnkʌŋks/
  • Rhymes: -ʌŋks

Noun

quincunx (plural quincunxes or quincunces)

  1. An arrangement of five units in a pattern corresponding to the five-spot on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.
  2. (astrology) An angle of five-twelfths of a circle, or 150°, between two objects. [from 1647]
  3. (historical, numismatics) A bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at five-twelfths of an as. [from 1545]

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Latin

Etymology

quīnque + uncia

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʷiːn.kunks/, [ˈkᶣiːŋ.kʊŋks]

Noun

quīncunx m (genitive quīncuncis); third declension

  1. five twelfths
  2. the five on a die

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative quīncunx quīncuncēs
Genitive quīncuncis quīncuncum
Dative quīncuncī quīncuncibus
Accusative quīncuncem quīncuncēs
Ablative quīncunce quīncuncibus
Vocative quīncunx quīncuncēs

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References

  • quincunx in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • quincunx in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • quincunx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • 5 per cent: quincunx (Pers. 5. 149)
    • 5 per cent: quincunces usurae
  • quincunx in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • quincunx in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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