quadrilaterus
Latin
Etymology
New Latin term, first attested in 1560, from quadri- (“four”) + latus (“side, flank”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷa.driˈla.te.rus/, [kʷa.drɪˈɫa.tɛ.rʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwa.driˈla.te.rus/, [kwa.driˈlaː.te.rus]
Adjective
quadrilaterus (feminine quadrilatera, neuter quadrilaterum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | quadrilaterus | quadrilatera | quadrilaterum | quadrilaterī | quadrilaterae | quadrilatera | |
| genitive | quadrilaterī | quadrilaterae | quadrilaterī | quadrilaterōrum | quadrilaterārum | quadrilaterōrum | |
| dative | quadrilaterō | quadrilaterō | quadrilaterīs | ||||
| accusative | quadrilaterum | quadrilateram | quadrilaterum | quadrilaterōs | quadrilaterās | quadrilatera | |
| ablative | quadrilaterō | quadrilaterā | quadrilaterō | quadrilaterīs | |||
| vocative | quadrilatere | quadrilatera | quadrilaterum | quadrilaterī | quadrilaterae | quadrilatera | |
Descendants
- English: quadrilateral
- French: quadrilatère
- Italian: quadrilatero
- Spanish: cuadrilátero
References
- quadrilaterus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- quadrilaterus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- quadrilaterus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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