quinque

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

quinque, num. adj. [Gr. πέντε; Sanscr. pancan; Germ. fünf; Engl. five],

five : minae, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 98: sensus, Lucr. 3, 626: stellae, Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 22: formae, id. N. D. 1, 8, 19: quinque tenent caelum zonae, Verg. G. 1, 233. pueri, Hor. S. 1, 6, 108: talenta, id. ib. 2, 7, 89: quinque ter ulnae, Ov. M. 8, 749: VIGINTI QVINQVE AERIS POENAE SVNTO, Lex XII. Tabularum, tab. 6.

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