quinquertium
quinquertĭum, ii, n. [quinque-ars],
- the five sorts of bodily exercises for youth (discus, cursus, saltus, lucta, jaculatio): quinquertium vocabant antiqui, quem Graeci πένταθλον . . . Livius quoque (Andron.) ipsos athletas sic nominat: quinquertiones praeco in medium vocat, Fest. p. 257 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 256 ib.
quīnquertium, iī, n. (quinque u. ars), die fünferlei Leibesübungen der Jugend (discus, cursus, saltus, lucta, iaculatio), griech. πένταθλον, Trag. inc. fab. 17; vgl. Fest. 257 (a), 8.
quīnquertĭum, ĭī, n. (quinque, ars), quinquerce ou pentathle [disque, course, saut, lutte, lancement du javelot] : Fest. 257 ; v. pentathlum.
QUINQUERTIUM
QUINQUE´RTIUM[PENTATHLON]
Quinquertium
A Roman athletic contest corresponding to the Greek πένταθλον. See pentathlon.