quinquennālis, e, adj. [quinquennis].
I That takes place every fifth year , quinquennial : quinquennalis celebritas ludorum, Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127: certamen, Suet. Ner. 12: ludicrum, Tac. A. 14, 20: vota, Liv. 31, 9: agon, Vulg. 2 Macc. 4, 18.—
B Subst.: quinquennālĭa , ĭum, n., games celebrated every fifth year : NERONIS, Inscr. Grut. 116, 3.—
II Continuing five years , quinquennial : censura, Liv. 4, 24: magistratus quinquennalis, the office of a quinquennal , Ap. Met. 10, 18, 7; cf. quinquennalitas.—
B Subst.: quinquennā-lis , is, m., a magistrate in the municipal towns who held his office five years , a quinquennal , Spart. Hadr. 19: decurionum quinquennales, Ap. Met. 11, 30, 23; cf. Spart. Hadr. 19; Cod. Th. 13, 3, 1.