quaterni

Latin
Latin numbers (edit)
40
[a], [b] ←  3 IV
4		 5  →
    Cardinal: quattuor
    Ordinal: quārtus
    Adverbial: quater
    Multiplier: quadruplex, quadruplus
    Distributive: quadrīnī, quaternī
    Fractional: quadrāns, teruncius

Etymology

From quater.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷaˈter.niː/, [kʷäˈt̪ɛrniː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwaˈter.ni/, [kwäˈt̪ɛrni]

Numeral

quaternī (feminine quaternae, neuter quaterna); first/second-declension numeral, plural only

  1. (distributive) four each; four at a time

Declension

First/second-declension adjective, plural only.

Number Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative quaternī quaternae quaterna
Genitive quaternōrum quaternārum quaternōrum
Dative quaternīs
Accusative quaternōs quaternās quaterna
Ablative quaternīs
Vocative quaternī quaternae quaterna

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Catalan: quadern
  • Italian: quaderno
  • Old Occitan: quazerna, cazerna
  • Portuguese: caderno, quaderna, quaterno
  • Spanish: cuaderno
  • Old French: quaier

See also
  • Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

References
  • “quaterni”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “quaterni”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • quaterni in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to demand 48 per cent: quaternas centesimas postulare (Att. 5. 21. 11)
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