adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
querquētulānus1
querquētulānus (feminine querquētulāna, neuter querquētulānum)
Classical[kʷɛr.kʷeː.tʊˈɫaː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[kʷer.kʷe.tuˈlaː.nus]
Meaning
- adjectiveoak-forested; covered by an oak forest
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | querquētulānus | querquētulāna | querquētulānum |
| genitive | querquētulānī | querquētulānae | querquētulānī |
| dative | querquētulānō | querquētulānae | querquētulānō |
| accusative | querquētulānum | querquētulānam | querquētulānum |
| ablative | querquētulānō | querquētulānā | querquētulānō |
| vocative | querquētulāne | querquētulāna | querquētulānum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | querquētulānī | querquētulānae | querquētulāna |
| genitive | querquētulānōrum | querquētulānārum | querquētulānōrum |
| dative | querquētulānīs | querquētulānīs | querquētulānīs |
| accusative | querquētulānōs | querquētulānās | querquētulāna |
| ablative | querquētulānīs | querquētulānīs | querquētulānīs |
| vocative | querquētulānī | querquētulānae | querquētulāna |
querquētŭlānus, a, um, adj. from querquetum, for quercetum,
I. of or belonging to an oak-forest, named from an oakwood:
querquetulanae virae (i. e. virgines) putantur significari nymphae praesidentes querqueto virescenti: quod genus silvae judicant fuisse intra portam, quae ab eo dicta sit Querquetularia. Sed feminas antiqui, quas sciens (scitas?) dicimus, viras appellabant: unde adhuc permanent virgines et viragines, Fest. p. 261 Müll.: mons, an earlier name of the Mons Caelius at Rome, Tac. A. 4, 65; here was querquetulanum sacellum, Varr. L. L. 5, § 49 Müll.; and: querquetulana porta, a gate in Rome between the Mons Caelius and Esquilinus, Plin. 16, 10, 15, § 37. — II. Plur.: Quer-quētŭlāni, ōrum, m., a people of Latium, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 69.
Origins
Derived from querquētum (“oak forest”), from quercus (“oak”).