quinque-
(ˈkwɪnkwɪ)
a first element (a. L. quinque- five-) employed in combs. with the sense ‘having, consisting of, etc. five (things specified)’. Examples of such formations in classical L. are the ns. quinquefolium, quinquennium, quinquerēmis, quinquevir(ī), the adjs. quinquefolius, -mestris, quinquennālis, and the ppl. form quinquepartītus; others appear in the later language. Those adopted or formed in English are chiefly terms of Bot. or Zool., and correspond to similar formations in F., as quinquédenté, -digité, -lobé, -loculaire, -nervé, valve, etc. For the meaning of the second element in the following compare the corresponding forms under bi-, quadri-.
† quinque-ˈangle, -ˈangled, -ˈangular adjs., quinquangular, pentagonal; quinque-ˈannulate, -arˈticulate, -ˈcapsular, -ˈcostate, -ˈdentate, † -dentated, -ˈdigitate(d), -ˈfarious adjs.; ˈquinquefid a. (see quinquifid); † quinquefoil, cinquefoil; quinqueˈfoliate, † -foliated, -ˈfoliolate, -ˈjugous, -ˈlateral, -ˈlibral adjs.; quinqueˈliteral a. and n.; quinqueˈlobate, -lobed, -ˈlocular, † -mestrial adjs.; † -metre; -ˈnerval, -nerved, -pedal, -peˈdalian, -ˈpetaloid, -ˈpunctal, -ˈpunctate, -ˈradiate, -ˈseptate, -ˈserial, -ˈseriate, -syˈllabic adjs.; quinqueˈsyllable; quinque-tuˈbercular, -tuˈberculate adjs.; quinquevalent a. = quinquivalent; ˈquinquevalve a. and n., † -ˈvalvous, -ˈvalvular, -ˈverbal, -ˈverbial adjs.
| 1590 Marlowe 2nd Pt. Tamburl. iii. iii, In champion grounds what figure serves you best, For which the *quinque⁓angle form is meet. |
| 1679 Moxon Math. Dict. 125 *Quinque-Angled. |
| 1760 P. Miller Introd. Bot. 21 A *quinqueangular or five cornered leaf. |
| 1856–8 W. Clark Van der Hoeven's Zool. I. 318 Abdomen *quinqueannulate. |
| Ibid. 300 Antennæ filiform, *quinquearticulate. 1870 Rolleston Anim. Life 74 A pair of quinquearticulate legs. |
| 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. ii. xxix. (1765) 145 In Aconitum some are tricapsular, and others *quinquecapsular. |
| 1861 Bentley Man. Bot. 152 It is said to be..five-ribbed or *quinquecostate. |
| 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. ii. xx. (1765) 116 The Brim *quinque⁓dentate. 1870 Bentley Man. Bot. (ed. 2) 217, 5-toothed or quinquedentate. |
| 1777 Pennant British Zool. (ed. 2) IV. 4 Smooth body, *quinque-dentated front. |
| 1858 Mayne Expos. Lex., Quinquedigitatus,..*quinquedigitated. |
| 1828 Webster, *Quinquefarious. |
| 1617 Minsheu Ductor, *Quinquefoile, or Cinquefoile. |
| 1693 Phil. Trans. XVII. 620 It is a *Quinquefoliate and Siligniferous Tree, with winged Seed. 1861 Bentley Man. Bot. 170 It is quinate or quinquefoliate, if there are five [leaflets]. |
| 1727 Bailey vol. II, *Quinquefoliated Leaf. |
| 1832 Lindley Introd. Bot. (1839) 463 We say..*quinquefoliolate or quinate, if there are five [leaflets] from the same point. |
| 1819 Pantologia X. *Quinquejugous leaf,..a pinnate leaf, with five pairs of leaflets. |
| 1856–8 W. Clark Van der Hoeven's Zool. I. 157 Body cylindrical or *quinquelateral. |
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., *Quinque-libral,..of five pound weight. 1674 S. Jeake Arith. (1696) 91 Some mention a Triple Choenix, as Bilibral, Quadrilibral, and Quinquelibral. |
| 1793 Beddoes Math. Evid. 133 They assume triliteral and quadriliteral..roots, and are doubtful whether there are not *quinqueliteral. 1846–52 B. Davies tr. Gesenius' Heb. Gram. ii. §30 Combining into one word two triliteral stems, by which process even quinqueliterals are formed. |
| 1819 Pantologia X. *Quinquelobate leaf. 1849–52 Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 875/1 Sometimes it [the tooth] is made quinquelobate by a double notch. |
| 1775 J. Jenkinson tr. Linnæus' Brit. Pl. Gloss. 255 *Quinquelobed. |
| 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. ii. xxxii. (1765) 157 Campanula, with Fruit *quinquelocular. 1870 Bentley Man. Bot. (ed. 2) 290 The ovary is quinquelocular. |
| 1611 Coryat Crudities Char. Authour, Author of these *Quinque-mestriale Crudities. |
| c 1560 Abp. Parker Psalter B j, Dauid Metres made; *Quinquemetres: some trimetres. |
| 1671 Grew Anat. Pl. vii. §4. 45 Some just *Quinquenerval, as in Anisum. |
| 1856 Henslow Dict. Bot. Terms 151 *Quinquenerved. |
| 1855 Fraser's Mag. LI. 63 A series of tripedal, quadrupedal, and *quinquepedal cocks. |
| 1841 Hodgson Life Napoleon in R. Oastler Fleet Papers (1842) II. 397 Its lengthened *quinquepedalian notes. |
| 1678 Phillips (ed. 4) List Barbarous Words, *Quinquipunctal, having five points. |
| 1858 Mayne Expos. Lex., Quinquepunctatus,..*quinquepunctate. |
| 1886 Athenæum 12 June 782/3 There are four, six and seven rayed forms as well as the more ordinary *quinquiradiate specimens. |
| 1858 Mayne Expos. Lex., Quinqueseriatus,..*quinqueseriate. |
| 1888 Amer. Naturalist XXII. 663 In the Mixodectidæ the crowns of the lower molars are *quinquetubercular. |
| 1856–8 W. Clark Van der Hoeven's Zool. II. 753 Last molar tooth of lower jaw *quinquetuberculate. |
| 1776 Da Costa Elem. Conchol. xiv. 279 Anatiferæ or Barnacles. These shells are *quinque-valves. 1777 Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 2) IV. 5 Mouth quinquevalve, placed beneath. |
| 1681 Grew Catal. Rarities Gresham Coll. Tab. 14 Indian Plum-stones..*Quinquevalvous, Oval. |
| 1828 Webster, *Quinquevalvular. |
| 1664 H. More Synopsis Proph. 332 The papal transubstantiation..by virtue of their *quinqueverbal charm. |
| ― Antid. Idolatry x. 128 No more..then their *Quinqueverbiall Charm can transubstantiate the Bread and Wine into the Body and Bloud of Christ. |