(adjective) : quādrŭpēs (quādrĭpes), pĕdis (
* Gen. plur. quadrupedium, Capitol. Ver. 5, 2), quattuor-pes, having four feet, going on four feet; esp.
* 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.
* Subst.: quādrŭpēs, ĕdis, m., f., and n., a quadruped, four-footed creature.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.