Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FIVE, a. [Sax. fif; D. vyf; G. fünf; Sw. and Dan. fem; W. pum, pump; Arm. pemp.]

Four and one added; the half of ten; as, five men; five loaves. Like other adjectives, it is often used as a noun. Five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Matth. xxv.