quadruplus

Latin

Latin numbers (edit)
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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

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.

Derived terms

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.