quadrupedans

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

quadrupedāns (genitive quadrupedantis); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. going on four feet
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 8.596:
      quadrupedante putrem sonitū quatit ungula campum
      Then struck the hoofs of the steeds on the ground with a four-footed trampling.
  2. galloping (of a horse, steed)

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative quadrupedāns quadrupedantēs quadrupedantia
genitive quadrupedantis quadrupedantium
dative quadrupedantī quadrupedantibus
accusative quadrupedantem quadrupedāns quadrupedantīs
quadrupedantēs 		quadrupedantia
ablative quadrupedantī
quadrupedante 		quadrupedantī quadrupedantibus
vocative quadrupedāns quadrupedantēs quadrupedantia

References

  • “quadrupedans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “quadrupedans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “quadrupedans”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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