quinquennium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quīnquennium.

Noun

quinquennium (plural quinquenniums or quinquennia)

  1. A period of five years.
    During the quinquennium from 1991 to 1995, infant mortality increased.

Synonyms

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From quinquennis.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷiːnˈkʷen.ni.um/, [kᶣiːŋˈkᶣɛn.ni.ũ]

Noun

quīnquennium n (genitive quīnquenniī); second declension

  1. A period of five years.
  2. a five-year term

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative quīnquennium quīnquennia
Genitive quīnquenniī
quīnquennī1		 quīnquenniōrum
Dative quīnquenniō quīnquenniīs
Accusative quīnquennium quīnquennia
Ablative quīnquenniō quīnquenniīs
Vocative quīnquennium quīnquennia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References
  • quinquennium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • quinquennium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • quinquennium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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