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noun · masculinesecond declension

quadrīgātus

quadrīgātus m (genitive quadrīgātī)
Classical[kʷa.driːˈɡaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[kʷa.driˈɡaː.tus]

Meaning

  1. quadrigatus, a Roman silver coin minted during the 3rd century BCE

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativequadrīgātusquadrīgātī
genitivequadrīgātīquadrīgātōrum
dativequadrīgātōquadrīgātīs
accusativequadrīgātumquadrīgātōs
ablativequadrīgātōquadrīgātīs
vocativequadrīgātequadrīgātī

quā^drīgātus, a, um, adj. quadrigae,
I. marked or stamped with the figure of a quadriga (a coin), Liv. 22, 58, 4; cf.: nota argenti fuere bigae, atque quadrigae, et inde bigati et quadrigati dicti, Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 46; Paul. ex Fest. p. 98, 3 Müll.

Origins

From quadrīgae (“four horse team”), because the coin was stamped with an image of one.

Descendants
  • Englishquadrigatus
  • Italianquadrigato

In English words that came into English from quadrīgātus

  • quadrigatusquadrīgātus

Quick answers

What does quadrīgātus mean in Latin?
quadrīgātus, a noun, means “quadrigatus, a Roman silver coin minted during the 3rd century BCE”.
What is the genitive of quadrīgātus?
The genitive singular is quadrīgātī. quadrīgātus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce quadrīgātus?
In classical Latin, [kʷa.driːˈɡaː.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kʷa.driˈɡaː.tus].