tetraptote
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin tetraptotum, from Ancient Greek τετράπτωτος (tetráptōtos).
Noun edit
tetraptote (plural tetraptotes)
- (grammar) A noun that has four cases.
- 1836, Ethan Allen Andrews, A Grammar of the Latin Language for Use of Schools and Colleges:
- A noun which is found in one case only, is called a Monoptote; if found in two cases, a Diptote; if in three, a Triptote; if in four, a Tetraptote; and if in five, a Pentaptote.
Coordinate terms edit
References edit
- “tetraptote”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.