What does "quintus" mean?

The fifth voice in addition to the superius, altus, tenor and bassus in a piece of vocal polyphony.

Quintus

name, noun

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Noun

1
The fifth voice in addition to the superius, altus, tenor and bassus in a piece of vocal polyphony.

Proper Noun

1
A male given name from Latin
"Q. Q.] ‘the two Quinti.’ Quintus, the brother of Cicero, and his son Quintus. […] utinam mederi] ‘would that my nearest and dearest had chosen to relieve my sufferings, rather than to aggravate them’; he refers to the Quinti and Terentia."
2
A male surname from Latin

"Amelia is in the peristyle with Marcus, Quintus and Julia."

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin quīntus (“fifth”). Doublet of quint.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin Quīntus (“masculine praenomen”), from quīntus (“fifth”).