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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin quadrāgēsima (“the fortieth part; Lent”), substantive of quadrāgēsimus (“fortieth”). Doublet of the inherited quaresima.
Noun
quadragesima f (plural quadragesime)
- Quadragesima
Latin
Etymology
From quadragesimus (“fortieth”), from quadraginta (“forty”).
Noun
quadrāgēsima f (genitive quadrāgēsimae); first declension
- Lent, Christian fast of forty days
Declension
First-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
Many reflect an early shortening to *quarēsima. Compare the reflexes of quadrāgintā 'forty'.
- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Northern Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- West Iberian:
- Insular Romance:
- Ancient borrowings:
- Learned borrowings:
References
Further reading
- 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, 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