quaternarius

English

Etymology

From Latin quaternārius.

Noun

quaternarius (plural quaternarii)

  1. (prosody) A unit of four metrical feet.

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

Latin

Etymology

From quaternī +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

Adjective

quaternārius (feminine quaternāria, neuter quaternārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Containing or consisting of four things
  2. quaternary

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative quaternārius quaternāria quaternārium quaternāriī quaternāriae quaternāria
genitive quaternāriī quaternāriae quaternāriī quaternāriōrum quaternāriārum quaternāriōrum
dative quaternāriō quaternāriae quaternāriō quaternāriīs
accusative quaternārium quaternāriam quaternārium quaternāriōs quaternāriās quaternāria
ablative quaternāriō quaternāriā quaternāriō quaternāriīs
vocative quaternārie quaternāria quaternārium quaternāriī quaternāriae quaternāria

Descendants

References

  • “quaternarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "quaternarius", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • quaternarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • quaternarius in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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