quadrigatus

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English

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Etymology

From Latin quadrīgātus, from quadrīgae (four-horse team).

Noun

quadrigatus (plural quadrigati)

  1. A medium-sized silver coin minted by the Roman Republic during the 3rd century B.C..

Translations

Latin

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quadrīgātus

Etymology

From quadrīgae (four horse team), because the coin was stamped with an image of one.

Pronunciation

Noun

quadrīgātus m (genitive quadrīgātī); second declension

  1. quadrigatus, a Roman silver coin minted during the 3rd century BCE

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative quadrīgātus quadrīgātī
genitive quadrīgātī quadrīgātōrum
dative quadrīgātō quadrīgātīs
accusative quadrīgātum quadrīgātōs
ablative quadrīgātō quadrīgātīs
vocative quadrīgāte quadrīgātī

Descendants

  • English: quadrigatus
  • Italian: quadrigato

References

  • quadrigatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • quadrigatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • quadrigatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • quadrigatus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • quadrigatus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin