quadrigonus

Latin

Etymology

Macaronic compound of Latin quattuor (“four”) + Ancient Greek γῶνος (gônos, “angle, corner”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷa.driˈɡoː.nus/, [kʷäd̪rɪˈɡoːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwa.driˈɡo.nus/, [kwäd̪riˈɡɔːnus]

Adjective

quadrigōnus (feminine quadrigōna, neuter quadrigōnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. tetragonal; four-angled; having four angles

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	quadrigōnus	quadrigōna	quadrigōnum		quadrigōnī	quadrigōnae	quadrigōna
genitive	quadrigōnī	quadrigōnae	quadrigōnī		quadrigōnōrum	quadrigōnārum	quadrigōnōrum
dative	quadrigōnō	quadrigōnae	quadrigōnō		quadrigōnīs
accusative	quadrigōnum	quadrigōnam	quadrigōnum		quadrigōnōs	quadrigōnās	quadrigōna
ablative	quadrigōnō	quadrigōnā	quadrigōnō		quadrigōnīs
vocative	quadrigōne	quadrigōna	quadrigōnum		quadrigōnī	quadrigōnae	quadrigōna

Related terms

• trigōnus

References

• “quadrigonus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quadrigonus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.