quadrigulae
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From quadrīgae (“four horse team”) + -ulae (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʷaˈdriː.ɡʊ.ɫae̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kʷaˈd̪riː.ɡu.le]
Noun
quadrīgulae f pl (genitive quadrīgulārum); first declension
- a little quadriga (four horse team)
Declension
- Normally encountered in the plural, but Pliny does use the singular.
First-declension noun, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | quadrīgulae |
| genitive | quadrīgulārum |
| dative | quadrīgulīs |
| accusative | quadrīgulās |
| ablative | quadrīgulīs |
| vocative | quadrīgulae |
Related terms
References
- “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.