LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

quārtārius

quārtārius m (genitive quārtāriī or quārtārī)
Classical[kʷaːrˈtaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[kʷarˈtaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. historicalquartarius, a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 0.14 L

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativequārtāriusquārtāriī
genitivequārtāriī
quārtārī		quārtāriōrum
dativequārtāriōquārtāriīs
accusativequārtāriumquārtāriōs
ablativequārtāriōquārtāriīs
vocativequārtāriequārtāriī

quartārĭus, ii, m. id..
I. A fourth part, quarter of any measure, esp. of a sextarius, a quartern, gill: sumito bituminis tertiarium, et sulphuris quartarium, Cato, R. R. 95, 1: vini, Liv. 5, 47: mellis, Col. 12, 5, 1: farris, Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 9.—
II. A mule-driver, muleteer, who received a fourth part of the profits, Lucil. ap. Fest. p. 258 Müll.

Origins

From quārtus (“fourth”) + -ārius (“-ary”, adjective-forming suffix), from its relation to the sextarius.

Descendants
  • Catalanquarter
  • Englishquartary
  • Englishquartarius
  • Sicilianquartara

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesQuartariusQuartarius a Roman measure of capacity, one-fourth of the sextarius, and consequently a little less than a quarter of a pint imperial. It is also foun…

Quick answers

What does quārtārius mean in Latin?
quārtārius, a noun, means “quartarius, a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 0.14 L”.
What is the genitive of quārtārius?
The genitive singular is quārtāriī. quārtārius is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce quārtārius?
In classical Latin, [kʷaːrˈtaː.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kʷarˈtaː.ri.us].