quater
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Latin[edit]
40[a], [b] | ||
← 3 | IV 4 |
5 → [a], [b] |
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Cardinal: quattuor Ordinal: quārtus Adverbial: quater Multiplier: quadruplex, quadruplus Distributive: quaternus, quadrīnus Collective: quaterniō Fractional: quadrāns, teruncius |
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
Adverb[edit]
quater (not comparable)
- four times
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.241–242:
- “[...] Quater ipsō in līmine portae
substitit, atque uterō sonitum quater arma dedēre.”- “Four times – at the very threshold of the gateway! – it hesitated; and also four times the weapons within its womb gave up a clatter.”
(Despite repeated difficulties and multiple warning signs the Trojans persist in pulling the wooden horse into the city.)
- “Four times – at the very threshold of the gateway! – it hesitated; and also four times the weapons within its womb gave up a clatter.”
- “[...] Quater ipsō in līmine portae
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “quater”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quater”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quater in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
quater
- Alternative form of quarter
Romansch[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- quatter (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader)
Etymology[edit]
From Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
Number[edit]
quater
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