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|lshtext=<b>quīni</b>: ae, a (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. quinum, Col. 4, 30; Pandect. 40, 9, 5: quinorum not [[found]]), num. distr. adj. [[quinque]].<br /><b>I</b> Five [[each]]: [[quini]] in lectulis, Cic. Pis. 27, 67: [[pedes]], Caes. B. G. 3, 73: ordines, id. ib. 7, 23: [[versus]], Nep. Att. 18, 6: milia [[peditum]], Liv. 8, 8: ova pariunt, Col. 8, 14, 5: aureorum, Dig. 40, 9, 5.—<br /><b>II</b> In gen., [[five]]: [[minae]], Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 111: bis quinos silet [[dies]], Verg. A. 2, 126: [[armenta]], id. ib. 7, 538: nomina principum, Liv. 28, 26.— In <[[number]] opt="n">[[sing]].</[[number]]>: lex me perdit quina vicenaria, i.e. a [[law]] invalidating contracts entered [[into]] [[before]] the [[age]] of [[twenty]]-[[five]] (the lex Plaetoria; v. Cic. Off. 1, 15, 61), Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 69: scrobes non altiores quino semipede, i. e. [[two]] feet and a [[half]], Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 80.