quinquennium

Etymology
From, from +.

Noun

 * 1) A period of five years.
 * °N, °W

Usage notes
The Roman usage of the term counted inclusively so that quinquennia were 4 year cycles. This is not usually intended in English but may occur in translations of classical texts.

or the neologism are sometimes used when one wishes to specify the first and second halves of calendrical decades. and are particularly used for the 5 year periods of the Roman censuses, after the purification ritual that usually followed the count.

Hyponyms

 * See Thesaurus:quintet

Translations

 * Asturian:
 * Basque: bosturteko
 * Catalan:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German:, Fünfjahresperiode, Fünfjahreszeitraum, ,
 * Guaraní: poarajere
 * Italian:, , , quinquennalità
 * Latin: quinquennium, lūstrum
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, люстрации
 * Sanskrit:
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: люструм
 * Volapük: lulyel, lulyelayubid

Etymology 2
From, from +  +.

Noun

 * 1) A period of five years.
 * 2) A five-year term of office.