quadriennium

English

Noun

quadriennium (plural quadrienniums or quadriennia)

  1. Alternative form of quadrennium

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From quadriennis (“4-year”) +‎ -ium (“forming abstract nouns”).

Noun

quadriennium n (genitive quadrienniī or quadriennī); second declension

  1. quadrennium: a period of 4 years

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative quadriennium quadriennia
Genitive quadrienniī
quadriennī1		 quadrienniōrum
Dative quadrienniō quadrienniīs
Accusative quadriennium quadriennia
Ablative quadrienniō quadrienniīs
Vocative quadriennium quadriennia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants
  • English: quadrennium, quadrennial

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