quincunx
Εὐκαταφρόνητός ἐστι σιγηρὸς τρόπος → A way of life disposed to silence is contemptible → Taciturna facile ingenia contemni solent → Gemein ist ein Charakter, über den man schweigt
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
quincunx: uncis, m. quinque-uncia,
I fire twelfths of a whole (of an as, a jugerum, a pound, a sextarius, etc.).
I Lit.: si de quincunce remota est Uncia, quid superat? from five twelfths of an as, Hor. A. P. 327; so five twelfths of a jugerum, Col. 5, 1, 11; of a pound, id. 12, 28, 1; of a sextarius, five cyathi. Mart. 1, 28, 2; 2, 1, 9: quincunces et sex cyathos bessemque bibamus, id. 11, 36, 7.—Of five twelfths of an inheritance, Plin. Ep. 7, 11, 1.— Of interest, five per cent., Pers. 5, 149.— In apposition with usura: quincunces usuras spopondit, Dig. 46, 3, 102; Inscr. Giorn. Arcad. 28, p. 356.—
II Transf., trees planted in the form of a quincunx (i.e. ?*!, the five spots on dice); also, trees planted in oblique lines, thus: ?*! quid illo quincunce speciosius, qui in quamcumque partem spectaveris, rectus est? Quint. 8, 3, 9 Spald.: in quincuncem serere, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 2; cf.: directi in quincuncem ordines, Cic Sen. 17, 59: in quincuncem disposita, Col. 3, 13, 4; 3, 15, 1: obliquis ordinibus in quincuncem dispositis, Caes. B. G. 7, 73.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
quīncūnx,¹⁴ uncis, m., et qqf. adj. (quinque, uncia),
1 les cinq douzièmes d’un tout ; cinq onces : Hor. P. 327 || cinq douzièmes du setier : Mart. 1, 27, 2 || les cinq douzièmes d’un jugère : Col. Rust. 5, 1, 11 || [poids] cinq onces : Col. Rust. 12, 28, 1 || cinq douzièmes d’un héritage : Plin. Min. Ep. 7, 11, 1 || intérêt à 5 \\% : Pers. 5, 149
2 quinconce : directi in quincuncem ordines Cic. CM 59, (arbres) plantés en quinconce, cf. Varro R. 1, 7, 2 ; Cæs. G. 7, 73, 5 ; Quint. 8, 3, 9.
