quadrupēs (quadripes) pedis, adj. quattuor +pes, with four feet, on all fours: quadrupedem constringito, hand and foot, T.: Mox quadrupes (infans) rituque tulit sua membra ferarum, O.

— As subst m. and f a quadruped, four-footed creature: saucius, V.: minister non bipedum solum sed etiam quadripedum: flectit in orbem Quadrupedis cursūs, of his steeds, O.