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adjective

quincuncĭālis

neut. quincuncĭāle
Containing five twelfths •
Containing five twelfths of a whole (of a foot, etc.): quincuncialis magnitudo, the size of five twelfths of a foot, Plin. 9. 48, 72, § 155: herba, five twelfths of a foot high, id. 27, 11, 74, § 98.—
planted in the form of a •
In partic., planted in the form of a quincunx: quincuncialis ordinum ratio, Plin. 17, 11, 15, § 78.
Perseus ID: n40139 Key: quincuncialis