quincunx

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quīncunx.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɪŋkʌŋks/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɪnkʌŋks/
• Rhymes: -ʌŋks

Noun

quincunx (plural quincunxes or quincunces)

1. An arrangement of five units in a pattern corresponding to the five-spot on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.
2. (astrology) An angle of five-twelfths of a circle, or 150°, between two objects. [from 1647]
3. (historical, numismatics) A bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at five-twelfths of an as. [from 1545]

Further reading

• quincunx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology

quīnque +‎ uncia

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷiːn.kunks/, [ˈkᶣiːŋ.kʊŋks]

Noun

quīncunx m (genitive quīncuncis); third declension

1. five twelfths
2. the five on a die

References

• quincunx in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quincunx in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quincunx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • 5 per cent: quincunx (Pers. 5. 149)
    
  • 5 per cent: quincunces usurae
    
• quincunx in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quincunx in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin