quaternarius

English

Etymology

From Latin quaternārius.

Noun

quaternarius (plural quaternarii)

1. (prosody) A unit of four metrical feet.

Synonyms

• tetrapody

Coordinate terms

• binarius
• ternarius
• senarius
• septenarius
• octonarius

Latin

Etymology

From quaternī +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kʷa.tɛrˈnaː.ri.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kʷa.t̪erˈnaː.ri.us]

Adjective

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

1. Containing or consisting of four things
2. quaternary

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

• Catalan: quaternari
• French: quaternaire
• Galician: cuaternario
• Italian: quaternario
• Occitan: quaternari
• Portuguese: quaternário
• Spanish: cuaternario

References

• “quaternarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "quaternarius", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s 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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016