quadrupes
Latin
Alternative forms
- quadripēs
Etymology
From quattuor (“four”) + pēs (“foot”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʷa.dru.peːs/, [ˈkʷa.drʊ.peːs]
Adjective
quadrupēs (genitive quadrupedis); third declension
- galloping
- moving on all fours
- (substantive) a quadruped
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | quadrupēs | quadrupēs | quadrupedēs | quadrupedia | |
| Genitive | quadrupedis | quadrupedis | quadrupedium | quadrupedium | |
| Dative | quadrupedī | quadrupedī | quadrupedibus | quadrupedibus | |
| Accusative | quadrupedem | quadrupēs | quadrupedēs | quadrupedia | |
| Ablative | quadrupedī | quadrupedī | quadrupedibus | quadrupedibus | |
| Vocative | quadrupēs | quadrupēs | quadrupedēs | quadrupedia | |
Descendants
- English: quadruped
References
- quadrupes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- quadrupes in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quadrupes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- quadrupes in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin