English

Noun

quinarius

1. A small silver coin minted during the Roman Republic, equal to half of a denarius.

Latin

Etymology

From quīnī.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʷiːˈnaː.ri.us/, [kᶣiːˈnaː.ri.ʊs]

Adjective

quīnārius m ‎(feminine quīnāria, neuter quīnārium); first/second declension

1. Containing or consisting of five things
2. quinary

Inflection

First/second declension.

References

• quinarius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “quinarius”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• quinarius in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quinarius in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin