quintana

See also: Quintana

Italian

Noun

quintana f (plural quintane)

  1. quintan fever
  2. quintain, joust

Latin

Etymology

From quintanus (the fifth).

Noun

quīntāna f (genitive quīntānae); first declension

  1. A street in the Roman camp, separating the fifth and sixth maniples, containing the marketplace

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative quīntāna quīntānae
Genitive quīntānae quīntānārum
Dative quīntānae quīntānīs
Accusative quīntānam quīntānās
Ablative quīntānā quīntānīs
Vocative quīntāna quīntānae

Descendants
  • English: quintain
  • Galician: Quintá, Quintán (place names); quinteiro (derived)
  • Old Portuguese: quintãa
    • Portuguese: quinta
    • Portuguese: quintã
  • Spanish: quinta

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin quintana (“the fifth”), giving name to one of the roads of the Roman camp where people used to sell groceries.

Noun

quintana f (plural quintanas)

  1. the fifth
  2. one of the roads of the Roman camp
  3. place
  4. farmhouse in the countryside or in a village

Adjective

quintana f

  1. feminine singular of quintano

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