tetraptote

English

Etymology

From Latin tetraptōtum, from Ancient Greek τετράπτωτος (tetráptōtos).

Noun

tetraptote (plural tetraptotes)

1. (grammar) A noun that has four cases.
   • 1836, Ethan Allen Andrews, A Grammar of the Latin Language for Use of Schools and Colleges:

     A noun which is found in one case only, is called a Monoptote; if found in two cases, a Diptote; if in three, a Triptote; if in four, a Tetraptote; and if in five, a Pentaptote.

Coordinate terms

• aptote
• monoptote
• diptote
• triptote
• pentaptote

References

• “tetraptote”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.