quadrupes
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
quadru- (“four”) + pēs (“foot”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʷa.dru.peːs/, [ˈkʷäd̪rʊpeːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkwa.dru.pes/, [ˈkwäːd̪rupes]
Adjective edit
quadrupēs (genitive quadrupedis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- galloping
- moving on all fours
- four-legged, quadrupedal
Declension edit
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | quadrupēs | quadrupedēs | quadrupedia | ||
Genitive | quadrupedis | quadrupedium | |||
Dative | quadrupedī | quadrupedibus | |||
Accusative | quadrupedem | quadrupēs | quadrupedēs | quadrupedia | |
Ablative | quadrupedī | quadrupedibus | |||
Vocative | quadrupēs | quadrupedēs | quadrupedia |
Descendants edit
- English: quadruped
Noun edit
quadrupēs m or f or n (genitive quadrupedis); third declension
Usage notes edit
- As a noun, it can be masculine, feminine (agreeing with bēstia) or neuter (agreeing with animal).
- The non-neuter declension appears to be non-i-stem, while the neuter declension appears to be pure neuter i-stem; but usage was somewhat fluid.
- It appears to be slightly more likely to have the meaning "beast of burden" when masculine.
Declension edit
non-neuter: Third-declension noun.
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neuter: Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
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References edit
- “quadrupes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quadrupes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quadrupes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “quadrupes”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin