adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
quārtānus
quārtānus (feminine quārtāna, neuter quārtānum)
Classical[kʷaːrˈtaː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[kʷarˈtaː.nus]
Meaning
- adjectiverelationalfourth (e.g. on the fourth day, of the fourth legion etc.)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | quārtānus | quārtāna | quārtānum |
| genitive | quārtānī | quārtānae | quārtānī |
| dative | quārtānō | quārtānae | quārtānō |
| accusative | quārtānum | quārtānam | quārtānum |
| ablative | quārtānō | quārtānā | quārtānō |
| vocative | quārtāne | quārtāna | quārtānum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | quārtānī | quārtānae | quārtāna |
| genitive | quārtānōrum | quārtānārum | quārtānōrum |
| dative | quārtānīs | quārtānīs | quārtānīs |
| accusative | quārtānōs | quārtānās | quārtāna |
| ablative | quārtānīs | quārtānīs | quārtānīs |
| vocative | quārtānī | quārtānae | quārtāna |
quartānus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. of or belonging to the fourth; esp.,
I. Of or occurring on the fourth day, quartan:
febris, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24; Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 166; Mart. 10, 77, 3.— Hence, as subst.: quar-tāna, ae, f. (sc. febris), an ague occurring every fourth day, a quartan ague (class.): in quartanam conversa vis est morbi, Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 1; cf. Cels. 2, 1, 20; Plin. 22, 25, 72, § 150: frigida, Hor. S. 2, 3, 290.—II. Of or belonging to the fourth legion; plur. as subst.: quartāni, m., the soldiers of the fourth legion, Tac. H. 4, 37; Inscr. Orell. 3118.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
quartānus adj.
quartus, of the fourth, occurring on the fourth day, quartan : febris.—As subst f . (sc. febris), an ague occurring every fourth day, quartan ague : in quartanam conversa vis est morbi: frigida, H.—As subst m. : quartani, soldiers of the fourth legion , Ta.