quadragesima

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin quadrāgēsima (the fortieth part; Lent), substantive of quadrāgēsimus (fortieth). Doublet of the inherited quaresima.

Noun

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quadragesima f (plural quadragesime)

  1. Quadragesima
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Latin

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Etymology

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From quadragesimus (fortieth), from quadraginta (forty).

Noun

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quadrāgēsima f (genitive quadrāgēsimae); first declension

  1. Lent, Christian fast of forty days

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative quadrāgēsima quadrāgēsimae
Genitive quadrāgēsimae quadrāgēsimārum
Dative quadrāgēsimae quadrāgēsimīs
Accusative quadrāgēsimam quadrāgēsimās
Ablative quadrāgēsimā quadrāgēsimīs
Vocative quadrāgēsima quadrāgēsimae

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Many reflect an early shortening to *quarēsima. Compare the reflexes of quadrāgintā 'forty'.

References

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Further reading

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  • quadragesima 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)
  • quadragesima in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • quadragesima”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • quadragesima in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • quadragesima”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin