adjective

quā^drĭfĭdus

fem. quā^drĭfĭda · neut. quā^drĭfĭdum

quattuorfindo

four-cleft; split into four parts; quadrifid poetic

four-cleft, split into four parts, quadrifid (poet.).

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Lit.: quadrifidas sudes, Verg. G. 2, 25: quadrifidam quercum Scindebat, was cleaving in four, id. A. 7, 509: quadrifidā trabe fingere tela Jovis, Val. Fl. 1, 663: ridicae, Col. 4, 33, 4.—

divided into four parts by extension

Transf., in gen., divided into four parts: labor, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 268.

Perseus ID: n39867 Key: quadrifidus