quadrifinium

Latin

Etymology

From quadri- (“four”) +‎ fīnis (“limit, boundary”).

Noun

quadrifīnium n (genitive quadrifīniī or quadrifīnī); second declension

1. a place where four boundaries meet

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	quadrifīnium	quadrifīnia
Genitive	quadrifīniī quadrifīnī1	quadrifīniōrum
Dative	quadrifīniō	quadrifīniīs
Accusative	quadrifīnium	quadrifīnia
Ablative	quadrifīniō	quadrifīniīs
Vocative	quadrifīnium	quadrifīnia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Catalan: quadrifini
• Spanish: cuadrifinio

References

• “quadrifinium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quadrifinium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.