I.the fifth: “quarta invidia, quinta ambitio,” Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 8: “locus,” Cic. Inv. 1, 53, 102; 1, 55, 107: “natura,” id. Tusc. 1, 17, 41: “quinta pars,” quintessence, essence, Hor. C. 1, 13, 16: “quinto mense, quinto die,” Liv. 31, 7.— Advv.
quintus (old form quinctus , Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 123), a, um, num. adj. quinque,