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|lshtext=<b>quā&#774;drŭpēs</b>: (quā&#774;drĭpes), pĕdis (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. quadrupedium, [[Capitol]]. Ver. 5, 2), adj. [[quattuor]]-pes, having [[four]] feet, [[going]] on [[four]] feet; esp.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Galloping ([[post]]-Aug.): ecus, Enn. ap. Gell. 18, 5, 4; cf. Macr. S. 6, 9, 10: equestri celeritate, quadrupedi cursu [[solum]] replaudens, App. M. 6, p. 185, 7.— Transf.: dum certum flectit in orbem Quadrupedis [[cursus]], Ov. M. 6, 226.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of persons, on all fours, creeping, [[going]] on hands and feet: [[atque]] audin? quadrupedem constringito, so [[that]] he can [[only]] [[move]] on all fours, Ter. And. 5, 2, 24: mox [[quadrupes]] ([[infans]]) rituque tulit sua membra ferarum, Ov. M. 15, 222: homines ... bestiarum [[more]] quadrupedes coërcuit, Suet. Calig. 27; id. Ner.48.—<br /><b>II</b> Subst.: quā&#774;drŭpēs, ĕdis, m., f., and n., a [[quadruped]], [[four]]-footed [[creature]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Masc., [[mostly]] of beasts of [[draught]] or [[burden]]; v. Quint. 8, 6, 20: calcari quadrupedem agitabo [[advorsum]] clivum, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 11: reprime [[parumper]] vim citatūm quadrupedum, Att. ap. Non. 495, 20: quadrupedum vectiones, quorum, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151: de omnibus quadrupedibus ... qui idonei sunt, etc., Varr. R. R. 1, 20, 1; Verg. A. 11, 714: [[saucius]] [[quadrupes]], id. ib. 7, 500.— Contemptuously (opp. [[bipes]]), Cic. Dom. 18, 48: [[nihil]] [[inter]] te [[atque]] [[inter]] quadrupedem interesse, id. Par. 1, 3, 14: [[quadrupes]] nequissime, App. M. 7, p. 200, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Fem. (sc. [[bestia]]): ducite eo mutas quadrupedes, Naev. ap. Non. p. 924 (Trag. Rel. v. 28 Rib.): si [[quamvis]] quadrupedem [[serpens]] momorderit, [[Cato]], R. R. 102; Enn. ap. Non. p. 407, 22 (Trag. Rel. v. 219 Vahl.): [[quadrupes]] tardigrada, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133 (Trag. Rel. v. 2 Rib.): [[quadrupes]] [[qua]] vasta tenetur, Cic. N. D. 2, 44, 114; Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.; Verg. E. 5, 26: sollicitari quadripedes cunctas, Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Neutr. (sc. [[animal]]): [[cetera]] quadrupedia, Col. 11, 2, 33: majora, id. 11, 2, 14: crocodilum, [[quadripes]] [[malum]] et infestum, Plin. 8, 25, 37, § 89: plurima [[autem]] obruerit quadrupedia, Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. 3, 36.
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|gf=<b>quădrŭpēs</b>,¹² ĕdis,<br /><b>1</b> qui va sur quatre pieds, qui galope : Enn. Ann. 232 ; Apul. M. 6, 28<br /><b>2</b> qui a quatre pieds ; appuyé sur ses pieds et ses mains [famil., qui [[est]] à quatre pattes] : Ov. M. 15, 222 ; Suet. Cal. 27 ; aliquem quadrupedem constringere Ter. Andr. 865, lier qqn par les quatre pattes (= pieds et mains)<br /><b>3</b> subst. : <b> a)</b> m., quadrupède : Cic. Nat. 2, 151 ; <b> b)</b> f., [[Cato]] Agr. 102 ; Enn. Scen. 219 Vahlen<sup>1</sup> [forme quadrupedum en Enn. Scen. 190 Vahlen<sup>2</sup> ] ; Virg. B. 5, 26 ; Plin. 8, 62 ; <b> c)</b> n., pl. quadrupedia Col. Rust. 11, 2, 14 ; Plin. 8, 89. forme quadrip- meill. mss de Cic.
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