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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

QUINQUE-

Quin "que-. Etym: [L. quinque five. See Five. ]

 

Defn: A combining form meaning five, five times, fivefold; as, quinquefid, five-cleft; quinquedentate, five-toothed.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

quinque-

quinque- ▶comb. form five; having five: quinquevalent. ORIGIN from Latin quinque ‘five. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

quinque-

quinque- |ˈkwɪŋkwi | ▶combining form five; having five: quinquevalent. ORIGIN from Latin quinque ‘five ’.