adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective
quadrupedāns
quadrupedāns (genitive quadrupedantis)
Classical[kʷaˈdrʊ.pɛ.dãːs]Ecclesiastical[kʷaˈdruː.pe.dans]
Meaning
- one terminationgoing on four feet
quadrupedante putrem sonitū quatit ungula campum
Then struck the hoofs of the steeds on the ground with a four-footed trampling.29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 8.596 - one terminationgalloping (of a horse, steed)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | quadrupedāns | quadrupedāns | quadrupedāns |
| genitive | quadrupedantis | quadrupedantis | quadrupedantis |
| dative | quadrupedantī | quadrupedantī | quadrupedantī |
| accusative | quadrupedantem | quadrupedantem | quadrupedāns |
| ablative | quadrupedantī quadrupedante | quadrupedantī quadrupedante | quadrupedantī quadrupedante |
| vocative | quadrupedāns | quadrupedāns | quadrupedāns |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | quadrupedantēs | quadrupedantēs | quadrupedantia |
| genitive | quadrupedantium | quadrupedantium | quadrupedantium |
| dative | quadrupedantibus | quadrupedantibus | quadrupedantibus |
| accusative | quadrupedantīs quadrupedantēs | quadrupedantīs quadrupedantēs | quadrupedantia |
| ablative | quadrupedantibus | quadrupedantibus | quadrupedantibus |
| vocative | quadrupedantēs | quadrupedantēs | quadrupedantia |
quā^drŭ-pĕdans, antis, Part., from the obsol. quadrupedo [quadrupes].
I. Going on four feet, galloping (poet. and postAug.):
canterius, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 34: equo juxta quadrupedante, galloping close by on horseback, Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 182: sonitus, of a horse galloping, Verg. A. 8, 596.— Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
quadrupedāns antis, P.
quadrupes, going on four feet, galloping : sonitus, of a horse galloping , V.—Plur. as subst: quadrupedantum Pectora, steeds , V.