quadriennis

Latin

Etymology

From quadri- (“four”) +‎ annus (“year”) +‎ -is (suffix forming compound adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kʷa.driˈɛn.nɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kʷa.driˈɛn.nis]

Adjective

quadriennis (neuter quadrienne); third-declension two-termination adjective (only attested post-classicaly)

1. four-year-old

   Synonyms: quadrīmus, quadriennālis

   • Epitome de Caesaribus XLV:

     Itaque eo mortuo Valentinianus adhuc quadriennis auctore Equitio ac Merobaude e propinquo, ubi cum matre fuerat, allatus creatur imperator.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. of four years, lasting four years

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	quadriennis	quadrienne		quadriennēs	quadriennia
genitive	quadriennis			quadriennium
dative	quadriennī			quadriennibus
accusative	quadriennem	quadrienne		quadriennīs quadriennēs	quadriennia
ablative	quadriennī			quadriennibus
vocative	quadriennis	quadrienne		quadriennēs	quadriennia

Coordinate terms

• biennis
• triennis
• quīnquennis
• sexennis
• septuennis
• octennis
• novennis
• decennis
• ūndecennis
• duodecennis
• trēdecennis
• quattuordecennis
• quīndecennis
• sēdecennis
• septendecennis
• duodēvīcennis
• undēvīcennis
• vīcennis
• trīcennis
• quadrāgennis
• quīnquāgennis
• sexāgennis
• septuāgennis
• octōgennis
• nōnāgennis
• centennis
• ducentennis
• trecentennis
• quadringentennis
• quīngentennis
• sescentennis
• septingentennis
• octingentennis
• nōngentennis
• mīllennis

Derived terms

• quadriennālis
• quadriennium

References

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