quadrigamus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʷaˈdri.ɡa.mus/, [kʷäˈd̪rɪɡämʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwaˈdri.ɡa.mus/, [kwäˈd̪riːɡämus]

Noun

quadrigamus m (genitive quadrigamī); second declension

1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) 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.