quater

Latin

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Adverb

quater (not comparable)

  1. four times

Derived terms

References

  • quater”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • quater”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • quater in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Middle English

Noun

quater

  1. Alternative form of quarter

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • quatter (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Number

quater

  1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) four
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