quadrifurcus
Latin
Etymology
From quattuor (“four”) + furca (“fork”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷa.driˈfur.kus/, [kʷäd̪rɪˈfʊrkʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwa.driˈfur.kus/, [kwäd̪riˈfurkus]
Adjective
quadrifurcus (feminine quadrifurca, neuter quadrifurcum); first/second-declension adjective
- (Late Latin) having four forks, prongs, or points
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | quadrifurcus | quadrifurca | quadrifurcum | quadrifurcī | quadrifurcae | quadrifurca | |
Genitive | quadrifurcī | quadrifurcae | quadrifurcī | quadrifurcōrum | quadrifurcārum | quadrifurcōrum | |
Dative | quadrifurcō | quadrifurcō | quadrifurcīs | ||||
Accusative | quadrifurcum | quadrifurcam | quadrifurcum | quadrifurcōs | quadrifurcās | quadrifurca | |
Ablative | quadrifurcō | quadrifurcā | quadrifurcō | quadrifurcīs | |||
Vocative | quadrifurce | quadrifurca | quadrifurcum | quadrifurcī | quadrifurcae | quadrifurca |
Related terms
- bifurcus
- trifurcus
Descendants
- Old French: quarrefourc
- → English: carfax, carrefour
- French: carrefour
- Norman: carrefour
References
- quadrifurcus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “carrefour”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary