quaternarius

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin quaternārius.

Noun

quaternarius (plural quaternarii)

  1. (prosody) A verse having four metrical feet.
    Synonym: tetrapody
    Coordinate terms: senarius, septenarius, octonarius

Latin

Etymology

From quaternus +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

Adjective

quaternārius (feminine quaternāria, neuter quaternārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. containing or consisting of four things
  2. quaternary
  3. (nominalized, masculine, prosody) ellipsis of quaternārius versus: a quaternarius
    Coordinate terms: sēnārius, septēnārius, octōnārius

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative quaternārius quaternāria quaternārium quaternāriī quaternāriae quaternāria
genitive quaternāriī quaternāriae quaternāriī quaternāriōrum quaternāriārum quaternāriōrum
dative quaternāriō quaternāriae quaternāriō quaternāriīs
accusative quaternārium quaternāriam quaternārium quaternāriōs quaternāriās quaternāria
ablative quaternāriō quaternāriā quaternāriō quaternāriīs
vocative quaternārie quaternāria quaternārium quaternāriī quaternāriae quaternāria

Descendants

References

  • “quaternarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "quaternarius", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “quaternarius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • quaternarius in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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