quinquennālis

I. That takes place every fifth year, quinquennial: quinquennalis celebritas ludorum, Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127: certamen, Suet. Ner. 12: ludicrum, Tac. A. 14, 20: vota, Liv. 31, 9: agon, Vulg. 2 Macc. 4, 18.—

B. Subst.: quinquennālĭa, ĭum, n., games celebrated every fifth year: NERONIS, Inscr. Grut. 116, 3.—

II. Continuing five years, quinquennial: censura, Liv. 4, 24: magistratus quinquennalis, App. M. 10, p. 247, 25; cf. quinquennalitas.—

B. Subst.: quinquennā-lis, is, m., a magistrate in the municipal towns who held his office five years, a quinquennal, Spart. Hadr. 19: decurionum quinquennales, App. M. 11, p. 273; cf. Spart. Hadr. 19; Cod. Th. 13, 3, 1.