quadrifidus

Latin

Etymology

From quadri- (“four”) +‎ -fidus, from findere (“to split”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kʷaˈdri.fi.dus/, [kʷäˈd̪rɪfɪd̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwaˈdri.fi.dus/, [kwäˈd̪riːfid̪us]

Adjective

quadrifidus (feminine quadrifida, neuter quadrifidum); first/second-declension adjective

quadrifid, split into four parts

Declension

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Coordinate terms

bifidus, trifidus, quinquifidus, centifidus, multifidus

Descendants

English: quadrifid

References

“quadrifidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“quadrifidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
quadrifidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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