quadriduum
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin quattuor + diēs (“day”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kʷaˈdriː.du.um/, [kʷäˈd̪riːd̪uʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwaˈdri.du.um/, [kwäˈd̪riːd̪uːm]
- Based on the long vowel in the similarly-formed bīduum, trīduum, the I is presumably long.[1]
Noun
[edit]quadrīduum n (genitive quadrīduī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | quadrīduum | quadrīdua |
| genitive | quadrīduī | quadrīduōrum |
| dative | quadrīduō | quadrīduīs |
| accusative | quadrīduum | quadrīdua |
| ablative | quadrīduō | quadrīduīs |
| vocative | quadrīduum | quadrīdua |
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “quadriduum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quadriduum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "quadriduum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- quadriduum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.