quadrifurcus

Latin

Etymology

From quattuor (“four”) + furca (“fork”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷa.driˈfur.kus/, [kʷäd̪rɪˈfʊrkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwa.driˈfur.kus/, [kwäd̪riˈfurkus]

Adjective

quadrifurcus (feminine quadrifurca, neuter quadrifurcum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Late Latin) having four forks, prongs, or points

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	quadrifurcus	quadrifurca	quadrifurcum		quadrifurcī	quadrifurcae	quadrifurca
genitive	quadrifurcī	quadrifurcae	quadrifurcī		quadrifurcōrum	quadrifurcārum	quadrifurcōrum
dative	quadrifurcō	quadrifurcae	quadrifurcō		quadrifurcīs
accusative	quadrifurcum	quadrifurcam	quadrifurcum		quadrifurcōs	quadrifurcās	quadrifurca
ablative	quadrifurcō	quadrifurcā	quadrifurcō		quadrifurcīs
vocative	quadrifurce	quadrifurca	quadrifurcum		quadrifurcī	quadrifurcae	quadrifurca

Related terms

• bifurcus
• trifurcus

Descendants

• Old French: quarrefourc
  • → English: carfax, carrefour
  • French: carrefour
  • Norman: carrefour

References

• "quadrifurcus", 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)
• “carrefour”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.