1. quintus (old form quinctus, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 123), a, um, num. adj. [quinque], 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.
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