quā̆drŭ-pĕdans, antis, Part., from the obsol. quadrupedo [quattuor pes].
I Going on four feet , galloping (poet. and postAug.): canterius, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 34: equo juxta quadrupedante, galloping close by on horseback , Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 182: sonitus, of a horse galloping , Verg. A. 8, 596.—
II Subst., a galloping horse , a steed , courser (poet.): quadrupedantum Pectora, Verg. A. 11, 614.