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quintus¹

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Borrowed from Latin quīntus (“fifth”). Doublet of quint.

noun

  1. The fifth voice in addition to the superius, altus, tenor and bassus in a piece of vocal polyphony.

Quintus²

Where it comes from

From Latin Quīntus, from quīntus (“fifth”) and originally intending a fifth-born son, uninclusive of daughters. Doublet of Quint.

proper noun Quintuses · Quinti

  1. A male given name from Latin. Q. Q.] ‘the two Quinti.’ Quintus, the brother of Cicero, and his son Quintus. […] utinam mederi] ‘would that my nearest and dearest had chosen to relieve my sufferings, rather than to aggravate them’; he refers to the Quinti and Terentia.
  2. A male surname from Latin.

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EspañolQuinto
PortuguêsQuinto
FrançaisQuint, Quentin
ItalianoQuinto
ΕλληνικάΚόιντος Kóintos, Κοΐντας Koḯntas
РусскийКвинт Kvint

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"quintus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/quintus. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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quintus. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/quintus

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"quintus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/quintus.

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@misc{quintus_2026,
  title = {quintus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/quintus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}