quadriduum
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin quattuor + diēs (“day”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷaˈdriː.du.um/, [kʷäˈd̪riːd̪uʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwaˈdri.du.um/, [kwäˈd̪riːd̪uːm]
- Based on the long vowel in the similarly-formed bīduum, trīduum, the I is presumably long.[1]
Noun[edit]
quadrīduum n (genitive quadrīduī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | quadrīduum | quadrīdua |
| Genitive | quadrīduī | quadrīduōrum |
| Dative | quadrīduō | quadrīduīs |
| Accusative | quadrīduum | quadrīdua |
| Ablative | quadrīduō | quadrīduīs |
| Vocative | quadrīduum | quadrīdua |
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “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.