quinquennalia

English

Etymology

From Latin quinquennalia, equivalent to quinquennial (“5 year period”) +‎ -alia (“things”).

Noun

quinquennalia pl (plural only)

  1. (historical) Public games celebrated every five years in Ancient Rome.

Latin

Adjective

quīnquennālia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of quīnquennālis

References
  • “quinquennalia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “quinquennalia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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