different between sexennium vs quinquennium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sexennium.

Noun

sexennium (plural sexenniums or sexennia)

1. A period of six years.

Latin

Etymology

From sexennis (“of six years”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sek?sen.ni.um/, [s??k?s??n?i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sek?sen.ni.um/, [s???z?n?ium]

Noun

sexennium n (genitive sexenni? or sexenn?); second declension

1. A period or span of six years.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• (adj.): sexennial
• (5-year period): quinquennium, quinquenniad, quintennium
• (7-year period): septennium, septenniad, septennary, septenary

Descendants

• ? Catalan: sexenni
• ? English: sexennium
• ? Italian: sessennio
• ? Spanish: sexenio

References

• sexennium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sexennium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sexennium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin qu?nquennium.

Noun

quinquennium (plural quinquenniums or quinquennia)

1. A period of five years.

   During the quinquennium from 1991 to 1995, infant mortality increased.

Synonyms

• lustrum
• quinquenniad, quintennium

Related terms

• (adj.): quinquennial, quintennial
• (4-year period): quadrennium, tetraeteris, tetraeterid
• (6-year period): sexennium

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From quinquennis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /k?i?n?k?en.ni.um/, [k?i???k??n?i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwin?kwen.ni.um/, [kwi??kw?n?ium]

Noun

qu?nquennium n (genitive qu?nquenni? or qu?nquenn?); second declension

1. A period of five years.
2. a five-year term

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• qu?nque
• qu?nquenn?lis
• qu?nquennis

References

• quinquennium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quinquennium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quinquennium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette