LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective

quadrupedāns

quadrupedāns (genitive quadrupedantis)
Classical[kʷaˈdrʊ.pɛ.dãːs]Ecclesiastical[kʷaˈdruː.pe.dans]

Meaning

  1. one terminationgoing on four feet
    quadrupedante putrem sonitū quatit ungula campumThen struck the hoofs of the steeds on the ground with a four-footed trampling.29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 8.596
  2. one terminationgalloping (of a horse, steed)

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativequadrupedānsquadrupedānsquadrupedāns
genitivequadrupedantisquadrupedantisquadrupedantis
dativequadrupedantīquadrupedantīquadrupedantī
accusativequadrupedantemquadrupedantemquadrupedāns
ablativequadrupedantī
quadrupedante
quadrupedantī
quadrupedante
quadrupedantī
quadrupedante
vocativequadrupedānsquadrupedānsquadrupedāns
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativequadrupedantēsquadrupedantēsquadrupedantia
genitivequadrupedantiumquadrupedantiumquadrupedantium
dativequadrupedantibusquadrupedantibusquadrupedantibus
accusativequadrupedantīs
quadrupedantēs
quadrupedantīs
quadrupedantēs
quadrupedantia
ablativequadrupedantibusquadrupedantibusquadrupedantibus
vocativequadrupedantēsquadrupedantēsquadrupedantia

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.—
II. Subst., a galloping horse, a steed, courser (poet.): quadrupedantum Pectora, Verg. A. 11, 614.

Quick answers

What does quadrupedāns mean in Latin?
quadrupedāns, a adjective, means “going on four feet; galloping (of a horse, steed)”.
How do you pronounce quadrupedāns?
In classical Latin, [kʷaˈdrʊ.pɛ.dãːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kʷaˈdruː.pe.dans].