Borrowed from Latin quadriceps, literally “four-headed”, from quadri- + -ceps, from quattuor (“four”) and from caput (“head”).
quadriceps (plural quadricepses or quadriceps)
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Borrowed from Latin quadriceps, from quadri- + -ceps.
quadriceps m (plural quadriceps)
From quadri- (“four”) + -ceps (“headed”).
quadriceps (genitive quadricipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
singular | plural | ||||
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masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
nominative | quadriceps | quadricipitēs | quadricipitia | ||
genitive | quadricipitis | quadricipitium | |||
dative | quadricipitī | quadricipitibus | |||
accusative | quadricipitem | quadriceps | quadricipitēs | quadricipitia | |
ablative | quadricipitī | quadricipitibus | |||
vocative | quadriceps | quadricipitēs | quadricipitia |