quadricolor

English

Alternative forms

• quadricolour

Etymology

From quadri- +‎ color.

Adjective

quadricolor (not comparable)

1. Having four colors.
   • 1831, The Mirror of Parliament for the ... Session of the ... Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 1, page 646:

     I may say, then, Sir, that from this expression of just indignation, and this natural explanation of their quadricolor flag, that the middle classes of this country, notwithstanding the bribe of power by which it is attempted to cajole them, have too much of self-denial and too much of good sense to wish to invade that admirable Constitution under which they, of all classes, have especially flourished.

   • 1912, Camera Craft, volume 19, page 48:

     It has been learned by reports received at this office that the first issue will be a Christmas and greeting number, featured with also a quadricolor decorative cover design, which will be the work of the students attending the colleges.

   • 1921, Botanical Abstracts, page 327:

     These plates set up in press and printed in sequence, yellow, blue, red, black, in perfect register give the quadricolor process picture.

   • 1955, The Armenian Review, volume 8:

     The latter added the colors of the Tricolor to those of the flag of Cyprus, thus creating a quadricolor flag of white, red, blue and yellow.

Synonyms

• quadchromatic
• quadricolored
• tetracolored

Latin

Etymology

Medieval Latin; from quadri- (“four”) +‎ color (“colour”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷaˈdri.ko.lor/, [kʷäˈd̪rɪkɔɫ̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwaˈdri.ko.lor/, [kwäˈd̪riːkolor]

Adjective

quadricolor (genitive quadricolōris); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. four-coloured
   • Isidorus Hispalensis, De natura rerum, 31, 2. In: Isidori Hispalensis de natura rerum liber recensvit Gustavus Becker, Berlin, 1857, p. 58:

     Quadricolor enim est et ex omnibus elimentis in se rapit species; de caelo enim trahit igneum colorem, de aquis purpureum, de aere album, de terris colligit nigrum.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	quadricolor			quadricolōrēs	quadricolōria
genitive	quadricolōris			quadricolōrium
dative	quadricolōrī			quadricolōribus
accusative	quadricolōrem	quadricolor		quadricolōrēs	quadricolōria
ablative	quadricolōrī			quadricolōribus
vocative	quadricolor			quadricolōrēs	quadricolōria

References

• quadricolor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1287.
• quadricolor in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016