Haz (kapitankraut) wrote in linguaphiles,
Haz
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Probably a quick question

If a division into three parts is "tripartite" and one into four parts is "quadripartite", what would a division into five parts be? I've tried "quintipartite", but it sounds clumsy.
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  • Interpretation of the Legend

    (inscriptions on the Kushan Kingdom coins / надписи на монетах Кушанского царства)

  • Spanish query

    I would be most grateful if anyone could help me out with a Spanish idiom, an expression appearing in a discussion of torture from the late 18th…

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    Chiusi is a small town in Italy (province of Siena, Tuscany). And once it was one of the most powerful centers of the Etruscan League of 12 cities.…