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quartă -dĕcŭmāni, ōrum, m. adj. [quartus-decumanus], of or belonging to the fourteenth legion; subst., the soldiers of the fourteenth legion, Tac. H. 2, 11.

quartānārĭus, a, um, adj. [quartus].

  1. I. Amounting to or containing a fourth (post-class.): tabula, Pall. 2, 11.
  2. II. That has a quartan ague, Schol. Juv. 9, 16.

quartānus, a, um, adj. [quartus], of or belonging to the fourth; esp.,

  1. I. Of or occurring on the fourth day, quartan: febris, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24; Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 166; Mart. 10, 77, 3.
    Hence, as subst.: quar-tāna, ae, f. (sc. febris), an ague occurring every fourth day, a quartan ague (class.): in quartanam conversa vis est morbi, Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 1; cf. Cels. 2, 1, 20; Plin. 22, 25, 72, § 150: frigida, Hor. S. 2, 3, 290.
  2. II. Of or belonging to the fourth legion; plur. as subst.: quartāni, m., the soldiers of the fourth legion, Tac. H. 4, 37; Inscr. Orell. 3118.

quartārĭus, ii, m. [quartus].

  1. I. A fourth part, quarter of any measure, esp. of a sextarius, a quartern, gill: sumito bituminis tertiarium, et sulphuris quartarium, Cato, R. R. 95, 1: vini, Liv. 5, 47: mellis, Col. 12, 5, 1: farris, Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 9.
  2. II. A mule-driver, muleteer, who received a fourth part of the profits, Lucil. ap. Fest. p. 258 Müll.

* quartātō, adv. [quartus], for the fourth time: tertiato et quartato dicere, Cato ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 314.

quartus, a, um, num. adj. [for quatertus from quattuor, kindr. with Gr. τέτϝαρτος and Sanscr. caturtha, the fourth], the fourth: perfidia, et peculatus ex urbe et avaritiā si exsulant, quarta invidia, quinta ambitio, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 7: pars copiarum, Caes. B. G. 1, 12: quartus ab Arcesilā, the fourth from Arcesilas, Cic. Ac. 2, 6: pater, i. e. abavus, Verg. A. 10, 619: quartus decimus, the fourteenth, Tac. A. 13, 15: die quarto, on the fourth day, four days ago: nuper die quarto, ut recordor, Cn. Matius ap. Gell. 10, 24, 10.
In the future, four days hence, in the ante-class. form, die quarte (al. quarti): die quarte moriar fame, Pompon. ap. Gell. 10, 24, 5.

  1. B. Subst.
    1. 1. quarta, ae, f. (sc. pars), a fourth part, a quarter, esp. of an estate, Quint. 8, 5, 19; so Dig. 5, 2, 8; 5, 4, 3.
    2. 2. quartum, i, n., in econom. lang., the fourth grain: nam frumenta majore parte Italiae quando cum quarto responderint vix meminisse possumus, i. e. yielded a harvest of four for one, Col. 3, 3, 4.
  2. C. Advv.
    1. 1. quartum, for the fourth time (class.): Quintus pater quartum fit consul, Enn. ap. Gell. 10, 1, 6 (Ann. v. 293 Vahl.): eo quartum consule, Cic. Sen. 4, 10; v. infra: T. Quinctio quartum consule, Liv. 3, 67.
    2. 2. quartō, for the fourth time, the fourth time: ter conata loqui, ter destitit, ausaque quarto, Ov. F. 2, 823: quarto Excudit amplexus, id. M. 9, 51: Caesar dictator tertio, designatus quarto, Auct. B. Hisp. 2 init.; cf.: quarto vel quinto, four or five times, Eutr. 7, 18: aliud est quarto praetorem fieri, et quartum, quod quarto locum assignificat ac tres ante factos, quartum tempus assignificat et ter ante factum. Igitur Ennius recte, qui scripsit: Quintus pater quartum fit consul, Varr. ap. Gell. 10, 1, 6.