adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
quadrīmus
quadrīmus (feminine quadrīma, neuter quadrīmum)
Classical[kʷaˈdriː.mʊs]Ecclesiastical[kʷaˈdriː.mus]
Meaning
- adjectivefour-year-old
- adjectiveof four years
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | quadrīmus quadrīmulus | quadrīma quadrīmula | quadrīmum quadrīmulum |
| genitive | quadrīmī quadrīmulī | quadrīmae quadrīmulae | quadrīmī quadrīmulī |
| dative | quadrīmō quadrīmulō | quadrīmae quadrīmulae | quadrīmō quadrīmulō |
| accusative | quadrīmum quadrīmulum | quadrīmam quadrīmulam | quadrīmum quadrīmulum |
| ablative | quadrīmō quadrīmulō | quadrīmā quadrīmulā | quadrīmō quadrīmulō |
| vocative | quadrīme quadrīmule | quadrīma quadrīmula | quadrīmum quadrīmulum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | quadrīmī quadrīmulī | quadrīmae quadrīmulae | quadrīma quadrīmula |
| genitive | quadrīmōrum quadrīmulōrum | quadrīmārum quadrīmulārum | quadrīmōrum quadrīmulōrum |
| dative | quadrīmīs quadrīmulīs | quadrīmīs quadrīmulīs | quadrīmīs quadrīmulīs |
| accusative | quadrīmōs quadrīmulōs | quadrīmās quadrīmulās | quadrīma quadrīmula |
| ablative | quadrīmīs quadrīmulīs | quadrīmīs quadrīmulīs | quadrīmīs quadrīmulīs |
| vocative | quadrīmī quadrīmulī | quadrīmae quadrīmulae | quadrīma quadrīmula |
quā^drīmus, a, um, adj. quattuor and root ghim-, him-, of Sanscr. himas, snow; cf. Gr. χιών, χεῖμα; Lat. hiems, hibernus; hence, of four winters,
I. of four years, four years old (class.):
de quadrimo Catone, of Cato of Utica, when four years old, Cic. Fam. 16, 22, 1; cf.: infantem natum esse quadrimo parem, Liv. 27, 37: boves, Varr. R. R. 1, 20, 5: merum, Hor. C. 1, 9, 7: vitis, Col. 4, 16, 1: dies, a term of four years, Dig. 23, 4, 19: equae, Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 171.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
quadrīmus adj.
quattuor+hiems, of four winters, four years old : de quadrimo Catone, when four years old : infans quadrimo par (sc. infanti), L.: merum, H.
Origins
Perhaps from *quadrihiemus. By surface analysis, quadri- + hiems + -us.