quadrigulae
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From quadrīgae (“four horse team”) + -ulae (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kʷaˈdriː.ɡu.lae̯/, [kʷäˈd̪riːɡʊɫ̪äe̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwaˈdri.ɡu.le/, [kwäˈd̪riːɡule]
Noun
[edit]quadrīgulae f pl (genitive quadrīgulārum); first declension
- a little quadriga (four horse team)
Declension
[edit]- Normally encountered in the plural, but Pliny does use the singular.
First-declension noun, plural only.
plural | |
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nominative | quadrīgulae |
genitive | quadrīgulārum |
dative | quadrīgulīs |
accusative | quadrīgulās |
ablative | quadrīgulīs |
vocative | quadrīgulae |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “quadrigulae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quadrigulae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quadrigulae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.