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Webster 1913 Edition
Quincunx
Quin′cunx
,Noun.
1.
An arrangement of things by fives in a square or a rectangle, one being placed at each corner and one in the middle; especially, such an arrangement of trees repeated indefinitely, so as to form a regular group with rows running in various directions.
2.
(Astrol.)
The position of planets when distant from each other five signs, or 150°.
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Webster 1828 Edition
Quincunx
QUIN'CUNX
,Noun.
In gardening, the quincunx order is a plantation of trees disposed in a square, consisting of five trees, one at each corner and a fifth in the middle, thus :.:; which order repeated indefinitely, forms a regular grove or wood, which viewed by an angle of the square or parallelogram, presents equal or parallel alleys.
Definition 2024
quincunx
quincunx
English
Noun
quincunx (plural quincunxes)
- An arrangement of five units in a pattern corresponding to the five-spot on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.
- (astrology) An angle of five-twelfths of a circle, or 150°, between two objects.
- A bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at five-twelfths of an as.
Derived terms
Translations
arrangement of five units
angle of five-twelfths of a circle
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coin — see coin
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʷin.kunks/, [ˈkᶣɪŋ.kʊŋks]
Noun
quincunx m (genitive quincuncis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | quincunx | quincuncēs |
| genitive | quincuncis | quincuncum |
| dative | quincuncī | quincuncibus |
| accusative | quincuncem | quincuncēs |
| ablative | quincunce | quincuncibus |
| vocative | quincunx | quincuncēs |
References
- quincunx in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- quincunx in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “quincunx”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- 5 per cent: quincunx (Pers. 5. 149)
- 5 per cent: quincunces usurae
- 5 per cent: quincunx (Pers. 5. 149)
- quincunx in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quincunx in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin