quadrigeminus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Post-Augustan; from quattuor (“four”) + geminus (“double, twin”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kʷa.driˈɡe.mi.nus/, [kʷäd̪rɪˈɡɛmɪnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwa.driˈd͡ʒe.mi.nus/, [kwäd̪riˈd͡ʒɛːminus]
Adjective
[edit]quadrigeminus (feminine quadrigemina, neuter quadrigeminum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | quadrigeminus | quadrigemina | quadrigeminum | quadrigeminī | quadrigeminae | quadrigemina | |
| Genitive | quadrigeminī | quadrigeminae | quadrigeminī | quadrigeminōrum | quadrigeminārum | quadrigeminōrum | |
| Dative | quadrigeminō | quadrigeminō | quadrigeminīs | ||||
| Accusative | quadrigeminum | quadrigeminam | quadrigeminum | quadrigeminōs | quadrigeminās | quadrigemina | |
| Ablative | quadrigeminō | quadrigeminā | quadrigeminō | quadrigeminīs | |||
| Vocative | quadrigemine | quadrigemina | quadrigeminum | quadrigeminī | quadrigeminae | quadrigemina | |
Synonyms
[edit]- (fourfold): quadruplex
Descendants
[edit]- → Catalan: quadrigemin
- → Italian: quadrigemino
References
[edit]- “quadrigeminus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- quadrigeminus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.