tetraptote

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English

Etymology

From Latin tetraptōtum, from Ancient Greek τετράπτωτος (tetráptōtos).

Noun

tetraptote (plural tetraptotes)

  1. (grammar) A noun that has four cases.
    • 1836, Ethan Allen Andrews, A Grammar of the Latin Language for Use of Schools and Colleges:
      A noun which is found in one case only, is called a Monoptote; if found in two cases, a Diptote; if in three, a Triptote; if in four, a Tetraptote; and if in five, a Pentaptote.

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