quadriduum
Latin
Etymology
From Latin quattuor + diēs (“day”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʷaˈdriː.du.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kʷaˈd̪riː.d̪u.um]
- Based on the long vowel in the similarly-formed bīduum, trīduum, the I is presumably long.[1]
Noun
quadrīduum n (genitive quadrīduī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | quadrīduum | quadrīdua |
| genitive | quadrīduī | quadrīduōrum |
| dative | quadrīduō | quadrīduīs |
| accusative | quadrīduum | quadrīdua |
| ablative | quadrīduō | quadrīduīs |
| vocative | quadrīduum | quadrīdua |
References
Further reading
- “quadriduum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quadriduum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "quadriduum", 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)
- quadriduum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.