quadriceps
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin quadriceps, literally “four-headed”, from quadri- + -ceps, from quattuor (“four”) and from caput (“head”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
quadriceps (plural quadricepses or quadriceps)
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
a muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.
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French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin quadriceps, from quadri- + -ceps.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
quadriceps m (plural quadriceps)
- quadriceps (muscle)
Further reading edit
- “quadriceps”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From quadri- (“four”) + -ceps (“headed”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʷa.dri.keps/, [ˈkʷäd̪rɪkɛps̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkwa.dri.t͡ʃeps/, [ˈkwäːd̪rit͡ʃeps]
Adjective edit
quadriceps (genitive quadricipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective
Declension edit
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | quadriceps | quadricipitēs | quadricipitia | ||
Genitive | quadricipitis | quadricipitium | |||
Dative | quadricipitī | quadricipitibus | |||
Accusative | quadricipitem | quadriceps | quadricipitēs | quadricipitia | |
Ablative | quadricipitī | quadricipitibus | |||
Vocative | quadriceps | quadricipitēs | quadricipitia |