LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

quadrāgēnārius

quadrāgēnārius (feminine quadrāgēnāria, neuter quadrāgēnārium)
Classical[kʷa.draː.ɡeːˈnaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[kʷa.dra.d͡ʒeˈnaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiverelationalnumber forty
  2. adjectiveforty-year-old

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativequadrāgēnāriusquadrāgēnāriaquadrāgēnārium
genitivequadrāgēnāriīquadrāgēnāriaequadrāgēnāriī
dativequadrāgēnāriōquadrāgēnāriaequadrāgēnāriō
accusativequadrāgēnāriumquadrāgēnāriamquadrāgēnārium
ablativequadrāgēnāriōquadrāgēnāriāquadrāgēnāriō
vocativequadrāgēnāriequadrāgēnāriaquadrāgēnārium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativequadrāgēnāriīquadrāgēnāriaequadrāgēnāria
genitivequadrāgēnāriōrumquadrāgēnāriārumquadrāgēnāriōrum
dativequadrāgēnāriīsquadrāgēnāriīsquadrāgēnāriīs
accusativequadrāgēnāriōsquadrāgēnāriāsquadrāgēnāria
ablativequadrāgēnāriīsquadrāgēnāriīsquadrāgēnāriīs
vocativequadrāgēnāriīquadrāgēnāriaequadrāgēnāria

quā^drāgēnārĭus, a, um, adj. quadrageni,
I. of or belonging to the number forty, consisting of forty, of forty: dolium, perh. holding forty congii, Cato, R. R. 105, 1: fistula, a forty-inch pipe, i. e. made of a plate forty inches in width, Vitr. 8, 7: numerum, Vulg. Deut. 25, 3: pupillus, of forty, i. e. forty years old, Sen. Ep. 25, 1.—As subst.: quā^drāgēnārĭus, i, m., a man forty years of age: quadragenarium istum ad te voca, Arn. 2, 60.

Origins

From quadrāgēnus (“forty each”) + -ārius (suffix forming denumeral adjectives), from quadrāgintā (“forty”).

Descendants
  • Englishquadragenary
  • Englishquadragenarian
  • Englishquadragenarious

In English words that came into English from quadrāgēnārius

  • quadragenarianquadrāgēnārius
  • quadragenaryquadrāgēnārius
  • quadragenariousquadrāgēnārius

Quick answers

What does quadrāgēnārius mean in Latin?
quadrāgēnārius, a adjective, means “number forty; forty-year-old”.
How do you pronounce quadrāgēnārius?
In classical Latin, [kʷa.draː.ɡeːˈnaː.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kʷa.dra.d͡ʒeˈnaː.ri.us].
Which English words come from quadrāgēnārius?
English words that go back to Latin quadrāgēnārius include quadragenarian, quadragenary and quadragenarious.