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English
Etymology
From Latin quaternārius.
Noun
quaternarius (plural quaternarii)
- (prosody) A unit of four metrical feet.
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Latin
Etymology
From quaternī + -ārius.
Pronunciation
Adjective
quaternārius (feminine quaternāria, neuter quaternārium); first/second-declension adjective
- Containing or consisting of four things
- quaternary
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016