πέμπτος

A. fifth : with four others, πέμπτος μετὰ τοῖσιν Od. 9.335; π. αὐτός Th. 1.61,3.19; π. σπιθαμή, i.e. four cubits and a span, Hdt. 2.106; ἐς π. μῆνα by the fifth month, Id. 1.77; τὸ πέμπτον μέρος a fifth, Pl. Ap. 36b, etc.; τὸ π., as Adv., for the fifth time, ὕπατοι, ὑπατεύων, D.S. 19.77, Plu. Fab. 19.

II. ἡ πέμπτη (sc.ἡμέρα) the fifth day, Hes. Op. 802, 803, Ar. Nu. 1131.

b. ἡ π. (sc. ὥρα) the fifth hour, Arr. Epict. 1.1.29.

2. ἡ π. (sc. ὁδός), in the Roman camp, = via quintana, Plb. 6.30.6.

3. ἡ π. tax of one-fifth, PLond. 3.1107.5, al. (iii A.D.).

III. τὸ π. σῶμα the fifth or celestial element, Philol. 12, Placit. 1.3.22; called π. στοιχεῖον ib.2.6.2; π. οὐσία ib.2.25.7, Phlp. in Ph. 9.29.