quadruplus

Latin

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Cardinal: quattuor     Ordinal: quārtus     Adverbial: quater     Proportional: quadruplus     Multiplier: quadruplex, quadriplex     Distributive: quaternus, quadrīnus     Collective: quaterniō     Fractional: quadrāns, teruncius

Etymology

quattuor +‎ -plus. Cf. quadrō for the development of the medial cluster.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷa.dru.plus/, [ˈkʷäd̪rʊpɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwa.dru.plus/, [ˈkwäːd̪ruplus]

Adjective

quadruplus (feminine quadrupla, neuter quadruplum); first/second-declension adjective

1. fourfold, quadruple

Usage notes

This adjective is rare in Latin.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	quadruplus	quadrupla	quadruplum		quadruplī	quadruplae	quadrupla
genitive	quadruplī	quadruplae	quadruplī		quadruplōrum	quadruplārum	quadruplōrum
dative	quadruplō	quadruplae	quadruplō		quadruplīs
accusative	quadruplum	quadruplam	quadruplum		quadruplōs	quadruplās	quadrupla
ablative	quadruplō	quadruplā	quadruplō		quadruplīs
vocative	quadruple	quadrupla	quadruplum		quadruplī	quadruplae	quadrupla

Derived terms

• quadruplum
• quadruplō

Related terms

• quadruplex
• quadruplicātiō
• quadruplicātō
• quadruplicō

Descendants

• Sardinian: bàrdula, bàrdule, bàrdulu
• → Catalan: quàdruple
• → English: quadruple
• → French: quadruple
• → Italian: quadruplo
• → Portuguese: quádruplo
• → Romanian: cvadruplu
• → Spanish: cuádruplo, cuádruple

Further reading

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