quadrigatus
English
Etymology
From Latin quadrīgātus, from quadrīgae (“four-horse team”).
Noun
quadrigatus (plural quadrigati)
- A medium-sized silver coin minted by the Roman Republic during the 3rd century B.C..
Translations
medium-sized silver coin minted by the Roman Republic
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Latin
quadrīgātus
Etymology
From quadrīgae (“four horse team”), because the coin was stamped with an image of one.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷa.driːˈɡaː.tus/, [kʷäd̪riːˈɡäːt̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwa.driˈɡa.tus/, [kwäd̪riˈɡäːt̪us]
Noun
quadrīgātus m (genitive quadrīgātī); second declension
- quadrigatus, a Roman silver coin minted during the 3rd century BCE
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | quadrīgātus | quadrīgātī |
| Genitive | quadrīgātī | quadrīgātōrum |
| Dative | quadrīgātō | quadrīgātīs |
| Accusative | quadrīgātum | quadrīgātōs |
| Ablative | quadrīgātō | quadrīgātīs |
| Vocative | quadrīgāte | quadrīgātī |
Related terms
- quadrīgae
- quadrīgālis
- quadrīgārius
- quadrīgulae
- quadriiugis
- quadriiugus
Descendants
- English: quadrigatus
- Italian: quadrigato
References
- “quadrigatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quadrigatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quadrigatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “quadrigatus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “quadrigatus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin