adjective num. ord the fifth DN.i.88; Snp.84, Snp.99, Snp.101; Vv-a.102; Pv-a.52 (˚e māse in the 5^th month the Petī has to die); Dhp-a.iii.195 (˚e sattāhe in the 5^th week)
■ f. pañcamā Pv-a.78 (ito ˚āya jātiyā) and pañcamī Snp.437 (senā); Pv-a.79 (jāti).

compar
■ superl. formation fr. pañca, with ˚ma as in Lat. supremus, for the usual ˚to as in Gr. πέμπτος, Lat. quintus, also Sk. pañcathaḥ