LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

quadriennis

quadriennis (neuter quadrienne)
Classical[kʷa.driˈɛn.nɪs]Ecclesiastical[kʷa.driˈɛn.nis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationfour-year-old
    Itaque eo mortuo Valentinianus adhuc quadriennis auctore Equitio ac Merobaude e propinquo, ubi cum matre fuerat, allatus creatur imperator.Epitome de Caesaribus XLV
  2. two terminationof four years, lasting four years

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativequadriennisquadriennisquadrienne
genitivequadriennisquadriennisquadriennis
dativequadriennīquadriennīquadriennī
accusativequadriennemquadriennemquadrienne
ablativequadriennīquadriennīquadriennī
vocativequadriennisquadriennisquadrienne
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativequadriennēsquadriennēsquadriennia
genitivequadrienniumquadrienniumquadriennium
dativequadriennibusquadriennibusquadriennibus
accusativequadriennīs
quadriennēs		quadriennīs
quadriennēs		quadriennia
ablativequadriennibusquadriennibusquadriennibus
vocativequadriennēsquadriennēsquadriennia

quā^drĭennis, e, adj. quattuor-annus,
I. of four years, four years old (post-class.): homo, Aur. Vict. Epit. 45.

Origins

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

In English words that came into English from quadriennis

  • quadrennialquadriennium
  • quadrenniumquadrennium

Quick answers

What does quadriennis mean in Latin?
quadriennis, a adjective, means “four-year-old; of four years, lasting four years”.
How do you pronounce quadriennis?
In classical Latin, [kʷa.driˈɛn.nɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kʷa.driˈɛn.nis].