单词 | quingenary |
释义 | quingenaryn.adj. A. n. = quincentenary n. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > specific anniversaries jubileec1386 quinquagenary1588 centenary1661 millennium1664 secular1706 coming of age1788 centennial1791 tricentenary1846 tercentenary1855 quinquennial1857 ter-millenary1864 sexcentenary1865 semi-centenary1870 bicentenary1872 septcentenary1873 quincentenary1877 sesquicentennial1880 quadricentennial1882 bicentennial1883 quatercentenary1883 tricentennial1883 tercentennial1884 quincentennial1885 octocentenary1888 quadrennial1890 quingentenary1892 octingentenary1893 ruby anniversary1893 semi-jubilee1893 septingentenary1893 millennial1896 millenary1897 quadringenary1905 quingenary1911 bimillenary1961 sesquicentenary1961 quasquicentennial1962 nongenary1966 octocentennial1994 1911 Times 22 Sept. 6/4 The official title of our celebration was ‘The Five Hundredth Anniversary of the Foundation.’ We thought at one time of using the only correct form—viz., ‘quingenary’—but we feared it might seem pedantic. 1926 H. W. Fowler Dict. Mod. Eng. Usage 72/2 Quingē′nary, sescē′nary, septingē′nary. 1949 Times 3 Sept. 10/2 (caption) The market town of Tenterden, Kent,..celebrated its quingenary last month. 1965 E. Gowers Fowler's Mod. Eng. Usage (ed. 2) 83/1 Quatercentenary and quincentenary..are unlikely to be ousted by quadringenary and quingenary. B. adj. Roman History. Consisting of five hundred men; accommodating or designed for a unit of five hundred men. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > [adjective] > body of 500 quingenary1931 1931 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 21 47 Even at Birdoswald, no evidence has yet been found that a quingenary fort ever actually existed. 1969 G. Webster Roman Imperial Army iii. 148 There are examples of the six barrack blocks of a quingenary fort at the Welsh fort of Gellygaer. 1969 G. Webster Roman Imperial Army iii. 149 According to Hyginus, the quingenary unit was composed of 380 infantry and 120 cavalry. 1976 E. N. Luttwak Grand Strategy of Roman Empire ii. 122 The new formations were clearly useful in bridging the gap between the legions and the quingenary auxilia. 1996 A. K. Goldsworthy Rom. Army at War (1998) i. 21 Quingenary units were normally commanded by a prefect, milliary and citizen units by a tribune. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1911 |
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