quadrifidus

Latin

Etymology

From quadri- (“four”) +‎ -fidus, from findere (“to split”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷaˈdri.fi.dus/, [kʷäˈd̪rɪfɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwaˈdri.fi.dus/, [kwäˈd̪riːfid̪us]

Adjective

quadrifidus (feminine quadrifida, neuter quadrifidum); first/second-declension adjective

1. quadrifid, split into four parts

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	quadrifidus	quadrifida	quadrifidum		quadrifidī	quadrifidae	quadrifida
Genitive	quadrifidī	quadrifidae	quadrifidī		quadrifidōrum	quadrifidārum	quadrifidōrum
Dative	quadrifidō		quadrifidō		quadrifidīs
Accusative	quadrifidum	quadrifidam	quadrifidum		quadrifidōs	quadrifidās	quadrifida
Ablative	quadrifidō	quadrifidā	quadrifidō		quadrifidīs
Vocative	quadrifide	quadrifida	quadrifidum		quadrifidī	quadrifidae	quadrifida

Coordinate terms

• bifidus, trifidus, quinquifidus, centifidus, multifidus

Descendants

• English: quadrifid

References

• “quadrifidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “quadrifidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quadrifidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.