quadrigamus

Latin

Etymology

Macaronic compound of Latin quattuor (“four”) + Ancient Greek γάμος (gámos, “marriage”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kʷaˈdri.ɡa.mus/, [kʷäˈd̪rɪɡämʊs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwaˈdri.ɡa.mus/, [kwäˈd̪riːɡämus]

Noun

quadrigamus m (genitive quadrigamī); second declension

(Ecclesiastical) a man who has married four times; a husband for the fourth time

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	quadrigamus	quadrigamī
Genitive	quadrigamī	quadrigamōrum
Dative	quadrigamō	quadrigamīs
Accusative	quadrigamum	quadrigamōs
Ablative	quadrigamō	quadrigamīs
Vocative	quadrigame	quadrigamī

References

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

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