quinarius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

quīnārĭus, a, um, adj. [quini],

containing five (mostly post-Aug.): quinaria (fistula) dicta a diametro quinque quadrantum, a pipe which was five quarter-digits in diameter , Front. Aquaed. 25; so, fistulae, Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 58: quinarius nummus, and absol. , quinarius, a half denarius : denarii quod denos aeris valebant: quinarii, quod quinos, Varr. L. L. 5, § 173 Müll.; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 44: numerus, Serv. Verg. G. 1, 277; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6.