quater
See also: quâter
Latin
| 40[a], [b] | ||
| ← 3 | IV 4 |
5 → [a], [b] |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: quattuor Ordinal: quārtus Adverbial: quater Proportional: quadruplus Multiplier: quadruplex, quadriplex Distributive: quaternus, quadrīnus Collective: quaterniō Fractional: quadrāns, teruncius | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
Adverb
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
References
- “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
Noun
quater
- alternative form of quarter
Romansch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
Number
quater