quinquifidus

Latin

Alternative forms

quinquefidus

Etymology

From quīnque (“five”) +‎ -fidus, related to findere (“to split”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kʷiːnˈkʷi.fi.dus/, [kʷiːŋˈkʷɪfɪd̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwinˈkwi.fi.dus/, [kwiŋˈkwiːfid̪us]

Adjective

quīnquifidus (feminine quīnquifida, neuter quīnquifidum); first/second-declension adjective

quinquefid, split into five parts

Declension

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Coordinate terms

bifidus, trifidus, quadrifidus, centifidus, multifidus

Descendants

English: quinquefid

References

“quinquifidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
quinquifidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
quinquifidus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, volume 2, 8th edition, Hahnsche Buchhandlung

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