Definition of quintanus
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LNS
quintānus, quintānī
quintana
Mostly Plural
noun (m., 2nd declension)
  1. the soldiers of the fifth legion
Abbreviations
quintānus, a, um, adj. quintus, of or belonging to the fifth, viz., Of or belonging to the fifth rank or order, the fifth in order: nonae quintanae dicuntur, quae quinto mensis die veniunt: sicut septimanae, quae septimo, that fall on the fifth day of the month (but septimana, that fall on the seventh), Varr. L. L. 6, § 27 Mull.; cf. Macr. S. 1, 15: vineas semper quintanis seminari (sc. vicibus), at every fifth stake, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 169.

— Subst.: quintāna, ae, f. (sc. via), a street in the camp, which intersected the tents of the two legions in such a manner as to separate the fifth maniple from the sixth, and the fifth turma from the sixth. Here was the market and businessplace of the camp: quintana appellatur porta in castris post praetorium, ubi rerum utensilium forum sit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 256 Mull.: ad quaestorium forum quintanamque hostes pervenerunt, Liv. 41, 2, 11.

— Hence, transf.: quintana domi constituta, a market, Suet. Ner. 26.

— Of or belonging to the fifth legion; only subst.: quin-tāni, ōrum, m., the soldiers of the fifth legion, Tac. H. 1, 37; 1, 55; 4, 36.
 
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