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quadrupes
quadrupes
Latin
Alternative forms
- quadripēs
Adjective
quadrupēs m, f, n (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 | quadrupedēs | quadrupedia | ||
| genitive | quadrupedis | quadrupedium | |||
| dative | quadrupedī | quadrupedibus | |||
| accusative | quadrupedem | quadrupēs | quadrupedēs | quadrupedia | |
| ablative | quadrupedī | quadrupedibus | |||
| vocative | 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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “quadrupes”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- quadrupes in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin