quattuor
Latin
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| Cardinal: quattuor Ordinal: quārtus Adverbial: quater Proportional: quadruplus Multiplier: quadruplex, quadriplex Distributive: quaternus, quadrīnus Collective: quaterniō Fractional: quadrāns, teruncius | ||
Alternative forms
[edit]- quā̆tuor, quattor
- Roman numerals: IV or IIII or IIIIor
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Italic *kʷettwōr (*t duplicated preceding *-w-), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, neuter plural of *kʷetwóres. Cognates include Sanskrit चतुर् (catur), Old Armenian չորք (čʻorkʻ), Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares), and Old English fēower (English four).
The change of *e to a is unexplained; the expected form would be *quettuor. One theory suggests contamination with *kʷtwr̥- (zero-grade form).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʷat.tu.ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkʷat.tu.or]
Numeral
[edit]quattuor (indeclinable)
- four; 4
- 8 CE, Ovidius, Metamorphoses 1.116–118:
- Iuppiter antiqui contraxit tempora veris perque hiemes aestusque et inaequalis autumnos et breve ver spatiis exegit quattuor annum.
- Venerable Jove brought together the time of spring and through winter, summer, variable autumn, and brief spring completed the year in four seasons.
- Iuppiter antiqui contraxit tempora veris perque hiemes aestusque et inaequalis autumnos et breve ver spatiis exegit quattuor annum.
- c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Leviticus.11.23:
- quicquid autem ex volucribus quattuor tantum habet pedes execrabile erit vobis
- But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.
- quicquid autem ex volucribus quattuor tantum habet pedes execrabile erit vobis
Derived terms
[edit]- quadra
- quadrāgēnārius
- quadrāgēni
- quadragēnsim
- quadragēnsum
- quadrāgēsima
- quadragēsimālis
- quadrāgēsimus
- quadrāgēssis
- quadrāgiēns
- quadrāgiēs
- quadrāgintā
- quadrangulāris
- quadrangulātus
- quadrangulum
- quadrangulus
- quadrāns
- quadrantal
- quadrantālis
- quadrantārius
- quadrārius
- quadrāssis
- Quadrātae
- quadrātārius
- quadrātē
- Quadrātilla
- quadrātim
- quadrātiō
- quadrātor
- Quadrātum
- quadrātum
- quadrātūra
- Quadrātus
- quadrātus
- quadriangulum
- quadriangulus
- quadribaccium
- quadribācium
- quadribius
- Quadriburgium
- quadribus
- quadriceps
- quadrichordum
- quadricolor
- quadricubitālis
- quadridēns
- quadriduānus
- quadriduum
- quadriennālis
- quadriennis
- quadriennium
- quadriēris
- quadrifāriam
- quadrifāriē
- quadrifāriter
- quadrifārius
- quadrifidus
- quadrifīnālis
- quadrifīnium
- quadrifīnius
- quadrifluus
- quadrifluvium
- quadriforis
- quadrifōrmis
- quadrifōrmitās
- quadrifrōns
- quadrīgae
- quadrīgālis
- quadrigamus
- Quadrīgārius
- quadrīgārius
- quadrīgātus
- quadrigeminus
- quadrigēni
- quadrigentī
- quadrigōna
- quadrigōnus
- quadrīgula
- quadrīgulae
- quadrīgulārius
- quadriiugis
- quadriiugus
- quadrijugis
- quadrijugus
- quadrilaterālus
- quadrilāterus
- quadrilībris
- quadrimānis
- quadrimānus
- quadrīmātus
- quadrimembris
- quadrimēnstruus
- quadrimestris
- quadrimodus
- quadrīmulus
- quadrīmus
- quadrin
- quadringēnārius
- quadringēni
- quadringentēnārius
- quadringentēni
- quadringentēnsim
- quadringentēnsum
- quadringentēsimus
- quadringentī
- quadringentiēs
- quadrīnī
- quadrinoctium
- quadripartiō
- quadripartītiō
- quadripartītō
- quadripartītus
- quadripedāns
- quadripedus
- quadripertītus
- quadripēs
- quadriplātor
- quadriplātōres
- quadriplex
- quadriplicātō
- quadriplicātus
- quadriplico
- quadriporticus
- quadripotēns
- quadrirēmis
- quadrisēmus
- quadrisextium
- quadrisōmum
- quadrisōmus
- quadrisulcus
- quadrisyllabus
- quadrium
- quadrivium
- quadrivius
- quadrō
- quadrula
- quadrum
- quadrumānis
- quadrumanus
- quadrupedāns
- quadrupedātim
- quadrupedius
- quadrupedus
- quadrupertītus
- quadrupēs
- quadruplāris
- quadruplātor
- quadruplātus
- quadruplex
- quadruplicātio
- quadruplicātō
- quadruplico
- quadruplō
- quadruplor
- quadruplum
- quadruplus
- quadrupulātor
- quadrupulō
- quadrupulor
- quadrurbem
- quadrurbs
- quadrus
- quadrūssis
- quadruus
- quadruvium
- quadruvius
- quater
- quaternārius
- quaternī
- quaterniō
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “quattuor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quattuor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “quattuor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- four successive days: quattuor dies continui
- to hold out for four months: obsidionem quattuor menses sustinere
- four successive days: quattuor dies continui
Categories:
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- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin 3-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin numerals
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