πεμπτ-αῖος,α,ον,
A. on the fifth day, mostly agreeing with the Subject,π. ἱκόμεσθα on the fifth daywe came, Od. 14.257 , cf. Hp. Aph. 4.36 ;π.γεγενημένοςbornfive days before, Pi. O. 6.53 ; πεμπταῖα λογίζομαι . . γενέσθαι
D. 19.59
;προκεῖσθαι π. to have beenfive dayslaid out as dead, Ar. Av. 474 ;[νεκροὶ] ἤδη ἦσαν π. X. An. 6.4.9 ;ἔκρινεν [ὁ πυρετὸς] πεμπταίοισιcame to a crisiswith those who had had it five days, Hp. Epid. 1.20 ;π. ἀπὸ τῆς νίκης, ἐκ γενετῆς, Plu. Fab. 17 , Luc. Halc. 5 .
II. every fifth day,π. πυρετοί quintanfevers, Hp. Epid. 1.24 , cf. Alex. Aphr. Pr. 2.10 ; ποτισμοί
POxy. 729.24
(ii A.D.).