quīncunx uncis, m
quinque + uncia,
five twelfths
(of any whole).—Esp.,
five twelfths of an as, five unciae
: si de quincunce remota est Uncia, quid superat?
H.—
The figure formed by the four corners of a square and its middle point, a
quincunx
: directi in quincuncem ordines (of trees): obliquis
ordinibus in quincuncem dispositis, Cs.