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 sbs. 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-angle, -angled, -angular adjs., quinquangular, pentagonal; quinque-annulate, -articulate, -capsular, -costate, -dentate, † -dentated, -digitate(d), -farious adjs.; quinquefid a. (see QUINQUIFID); † quinquefoil, cinquefoil; quinquefoliate, † -foliated, -foliolate, -jugous, -lateral, -libral adjs.; quinqueliteral a. and sb.; quinquelobate, -lobed, -locular, † -mestrial adjs.; † -metre; -nerval, -nerved, -pedal, -pedalian, -petaloid, -punctal, -punctate, -radiate, -septate, -serial, -seriate, -syllabic adjs.; quinquesyllable; quinquetubercular, -tuberculate adjs.; quinquevalent a. = QUINQUIVALENT; quinquevalve a. and sb., † -valvous, -valvular, -verbal, -verbial 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 *quinquedentate.
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.
1813. 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. Jeake, Arith. (1696), 91. Some mention a Triple Choenix, as Bilibral, *Quadrilibral, and Quinquelibral.
1793. Beddoes, Math. Evid., 133. They assome triliteral and quadriliteral … roots, and are doubtful whether there are not *quinqueliteral.
1869. B. Davies, trans. Gesenius’ Heb. Gram., 86. Combining into one word two triliteral stems, by which process even quinqueliterals are formed.
1813. 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, trans. 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. Ibid., Antid. Idolatry, x. 128. No more … then their *Quinqueverbiall Charm can transubstantiate the Bread and Wine into the Body and Bloud of Christ.
