adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
quaternārius
quaternārius (feminine quaternāria, neuter quaternārium)
Classical[kʷa.tɛrˈnaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[kʷa.terˈnaː.ri.us]
Meaning
- adjectivecontaining or consisting of four things
- adjectivequaternary
- abbreviationadjectiveellipsismasculinenoun from verbellipsis of quaternārius versus: a quaternarius
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | quaternārius | quaternāria | quaternārium |
| genitive | quaternāriī | quaternāriae | quaternāriī |
| dative | quaternāriō | quaternāriae | quaternāriō |
| accusative | quaternārium | quaternāriam | quaternārium |
| ablative | quaternāriō | quaternāriā | quaternāriō |
| vocative | quaternārie | quaternāria | quaternārium |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | quaternāriī | quaternāriae | quaternāria |
| genitive | quaternāriōrum | quaternāriārum | quaternāriōrum |
| dative | quaternāriīs | quaternāriīs | quaternāriīs |
| accusative | quaternāriōs | quaternāriās | quaternāria |
| ablative | quaternāriīs | quaternāriīs | quaternāriīs |
| vocative | quaternāriī | quaternāriae | quaternāria |
quăternārĭus, a, um, adj. quaterni,
I. consisting of four each, containing four, quaternary (post-Aug.):
scrobes quaternarii, hoc est quoquoversus pedum quattuor, four feet square, Col. 11, 2, 28: numerus, the number four, the quaternary, Plin. 28, 6, 17, § 64: formae, of coins, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38.Origins
Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder. Latin quater Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -nus Latin quaternus Latin -ārius Latin quaternārius From quaternus + -ārius.
Descendants
- Catalanquaternari
- Englishquaternarius
- Frenchquaternaire
- Italianquaternario
- Occitanquaternari
- Portuguesequaternário
- Spanishcuaternario
- Galiciancuaternario
In English words that came into English from quaternārius
- quaternaryquaternārius
- quaternariusquaternārius