quadrifinium
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From quadri- (“four”) + fīnis (“limit, boundary”).
Noun
[edit]quadrifīnium n (genitive quadrifīniī or quadrifīnī); second declension
- a place where four boundaries meet
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | quadrifīnium | quadrifīnia |
| genitive | quadrifīniī quadrifīnī1 |
quadrifīniōrum |
| dative | quadrifīniō | quadrifīniīs |
| accusative | quadrifīnium | quadrifīnia |
| ablative | quadrifīniō | quadrifīniīs |
| vocative | quadrifīnium | quadrifīnia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
[edit]- Catalan: quadrifini
- Spanish: cuadrifinio
References
[edit]- “quadrifinium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- quadrifinium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.