quā^drŭpēs — Lewis & Short
quā^drŭpēs (quā^drĭpes), pĕdis (
I gen. plur. quadrupedium, Capitol. Ver. 5, 2), adj. quattuor-pes, having four feet, going on four feet; esp.,
A 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.—
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.—
II Subst.: quā^drŭpēs, ĕdis, m., f., and n., a quadruped, four-footed creature.
A 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.—
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.—
C 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.