quadriennium
English Edit
Noun Edit
quadriennium (plural quadrienniums or quadriennia)
- Alternative form of quadrennium
Latin Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
From quadriennis (“4-year”) + -ium (“forming abstract nouns”).
Noun Edit
quadriennium n (genitive quadrienniī or quadriennī); second declension
- quadrennium: a period of 4 years
Declension Edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | quadriennium | quadriennia |
| Genitive | quadrienniī quadriennī1 |
quadrienniōrum |
| Dative | quadrienniō | quadrienniīs |
| Accusative | quadriennium | quadriennia |
| Ablative | quadrienniō | quadrienniīs |
| Vocative | quadriennium | quadriennia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants Edit
- English: quadrennium, quadrennial
References Edit
- “quadriennium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quadriennium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quadriennium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette