quadrigonus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Macaronic compound of Latin quattuor (“four”) + Ancient Greek γῶνος (gônos, “angle, corner”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷa.driˈɡoː.nus/, [kʷäd̪rɪˈɡoːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwa.driˈɡo.nus/, [kwäd̪riˈɡɔːnus]
Adjective edit
quadrigōnus (feminine quadrigōna, neuter quadrigōnum); first/second-declension adjective
- tetragonal; four-angled; having four angles
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | quadrigōnus | quadrigōna | quadrigōnum | quadrigōnī | quadrigōnae | quadrigōna | |
| Genitive | quadrigōnī | quadrigōnae | quadrigōnī | quadrigōnōrum | quadrigōnārum | quadrigōnōrum | |
| Dative | quadrigōnō | quadrigōnō | quadrigōnīs | ||||
| Accusative | quadrigōnum | quadrigōnam | quadrigōnum | quadrigōnōs | quadrigōnās | quadrigōna | |
| Ablative | quadrigōnō | quadrigōnā | quadrigōnō | quadrigōnīs | |||
| Vocative | quadrigōne | quadrigōna | quadrigōnum | quadrigōnī | quadrigōnae | quadrigōna | |
Related terms edit
References edit
- “quadrigonus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- quadrigonus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.