quinary

Meanings

Adjective

• Of fifth rank or order.
• Consisting of five things; arranged in fives.
• To the base of five; represented by the numerals 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Noun

• Any of 72 rays associated with the Sun, six for each of the 12 houses of the Zodiac.

Origin

• From the Latin quīnārius ("containing five each"), from quīnī + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary); compare the French quinaire, the Italian quinario, and the Portuguese quinário. quinarius.