quadriennis

From quadri- (“four”) +‎ annus (“year”) +‎ -is (suffix forming compound adjectives).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kʷa.driˈɛn.nɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kʷa.driˈɛn.nis]

quadriennis (neuter quadrienne); third-declension two-termination adjective (only attested post-classicaly)

1. four-year-old

   Synonyms: quadrīmus, quadriennālis

   • Epitome de Caesaribus XLV:

     Itaque eo mortuo Valentinianus adhuc quadriennis auctore Equitio ac Merobaude e propinquo, ubi cum matre fuerat, allatus creatur imperator.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. of four years, lasting four years

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

• “quadriennis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “quadriennis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.