Quartadecimani

Latin

Etymology

From quārtadecima (diēs) (“fourteenth (day)”) +‎ -ānī, after Classical quārtadecimānī (“soldiers of the fourteenth legion”). Compare to Tessarescaedecatītae.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷaːr.ta.de.kiˈmaː.niː/, [kʷäːrt̪äd̪ɛkɪˈmäːniː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwar.ta.de.t͡ʃiˈma.ni/, [kwärt̪äd̪et͡ʃiˈmäːni]

Proper noun

Quārtadecimānī m pl (genitive Quārtadecimānōrum); second declension

1. a name given to the followers of the fourth-century heretical movement of Audianism which honored the death of Christ on the eve of Jewish Passover on fourteenth day of Nisan instead of Easter Sunday; Quartodecimans, Audians

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Quārtadecimānī
genitive	Quārtadecimānōrum
dative	Quārtadecimānīs
accusative	Quārtadecimānōs
ablative	Quārtadecimānīs
vocative	Quārtadecimānī

Synonyms

• Audiānī
• Tessarescaedecatītae

Related terms

• quārtadecimānī

Descendants

• English: Quartodeciman