quadrus
Latin
Etymology
Post-classical attested formation from quattuor. See also quārtus.
The supposedly derived verb, quādrō, is classical however. The a, as in quattuor, and the -dr- < -tr- have heretofore no explanation.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʷaː.drus/, [ˈkʷaː.drʊs]
Adjective
quādrus (feminine quādra, neuter quādrum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | quādrus | quādra | quādrum | quādrī | quādrae | quādra | |
| genitive | quādrī | quādrae | quādrī | quādrōrum | quādrārum | quādrōrum | |
| dative | quādrō | quādrō | quādrīs | ||||
| accusative | quādrum | quādram | quādrum | quādrōs | quādrās | quādra | |
| ablative | quādrō | quādrā | quādrō | quādrīs | |||
| vocative | quādre | quādra | quādrum | quādrī | quādrae | quādra | |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- quadrus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- quadrus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- quadrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
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