quadrupes

• quadripēs

From quadru- (“four”) +‎ pēs (“foot”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τετράπους (tetrápous), Sanskrit चतुष्पद् (cátuṣpad).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkʷa.drʊ.peːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkʷaː.dru.pes]

quadrupēs (genitive quadrupedis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. galloping
2. moving on all fours
3. four-legged, quadrupedal
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 41.9.5:

     Priusquam consules prouincias sortirentur, prodigia nuntiata sunt: lapidem in agro Crustumino in lucum Martis de caelo cecidisse; puerum trunci corporis in agro Romano natum et quadrupedem anguem visum

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Third-declension one-termination adjective.

• → Catalan: quadrúpede (learned)
• → English: quadruped

quadrupēs m or f or n (genitive quadrupedis); third declension

1. a quadruped
   • 4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De Re Rustica 7.5.22:

     Castrationis autem ratio iam tradita est, neque enim alia in agnis quam in maiore quadripede servatur.

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   • 4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De Re Rustica 11.2.14:

     His etiam diebus maturi agni et reliqui fetus pecudum, nec minus maiora quadrupedia charactere signari debent.

     • 1955 translation by E. S. Forster, Edward H. Heffner

       In these days, too, early lambs and the other young of cattle and the larger four-footed beasts also ought to be marked with the branding-iron.

   • 4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De Re Rustica 11.2.33:

     Quin etiam pecus lanatum ceteraque quadripedia tempus idoneum est castrandi.

     • 1955 translation by E. S. Forster, Edward H. Heffner

       It is also a suitable time for castrating woolly cattle and the other four-footed beasts.

• As a noun, it can be masculine, feminine (agreeing with bēstia) or neuter (agreeing with animal).
• The non-neuter declension is usually non-i-stem, while the neuter declension is usually pure neuter i-stem, but usage was somewhat fluid.
• It appears to be slightly more likely to have the meaning "beast of burden" when masculine.

• “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
• “quadrupes”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “quadrupes”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin