quadrifidus

quā̆drĭfĭdus, a, um, adj. [quattuorfindo], four-cleft, split into four parts, quadrifid (poet.).

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

quadrifidus, a, um (quattuor u. findo; vgl. Prisc. de fig. num. § 32. p. 416, 29 K.), I) in vier Teile gespalten, vierspaltig, sudes, Verg.: quadrifidam quercum scindebat, in vier Teile, Verg. – II) übtr., übh. in vier Teile geteilt, Claud. Prob. et Olybr. 268.

quadrifidus [CL] 1 split or divided into four. 793 sicut fons paradisum inrigans quadrivido tramite latum diffunditur in orbem, sic fons caritatis ‥ in quattuor amoris rivos dirivatur Alcuin Ep. 19; ~us, -a, -um, in quatuor partes divisus Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 486; s1305 trunco in quatuor partes secto ‥ ~a vero membra ad partes Scocie sunt transmissa Flor. Hist. III 124; s1405 cum multitudine fratrum ordinis ~i Croyl. Cont. B 495. 2 that consists of four parts, that extends in four directions; b (of the world); c (w. ref. to sign of the cross). s969 duae ‥ turres ipsis tectorum culminibus eminebant, quarum ‥ major ‥ in ~ae structurae medio columnas quatuor ‥ deprimebat Chr. Rams. 41.  b pene universum Deo favente cosmum quaterno climate ~um ad Christianae fidei religionem ‥ converterunt Lantfr. Swith. pref.; hic ubi recta fides est et confessio vera / omnia quadrafidi quae machina continet orbis, eia Trop. Wint. 25; nostri non erunt laude digni orbis ~i dimensores, quadriviales historie descriptores Higd. I prol. p. 6.  c ut etiam quadripertita sanguinis distinctio ~um dominicae passionis vexillum quo nos signati liberamur exprimeret Bede Hom. II 7. 138. 3 fourfold. b four of a set. quatuor ‥ filiae sanctae ‥ velut paradisiaci fontis ~a emicuere flumina Gosc. Werb. 100A; capud omne ~a regione ‥ circumplectentem R. Cold. Cuthb. 112 p. 253.  b rapientes insontem ~is membris velut ovem patientem, manibusque ac pedibus restrictum, projecerunt in lutulenta palustrium loca B. V. Dunst. 6 p. 12.

quădrĭfĭdus, (15) a, um (quattuor, findo), fendu en quatre : Virg. G. 2, 25 ; En. 7, 509 || [fig.] partagé en quatre : Claud. Prob. et Olybr. 268.

quadrifidus , a, um. adj.
裂四片者。— labor solis 太陽分開四畤。

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quadrifidus adj.

• quattuor+2 FID-, fourcleft, split into four parts: sudes, V.: Quadrifidam quercum Scindebat, into four parts, V.