quattuor
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| ← 3 | IV 4 |
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| Cardinal: quattuor Ordinal: quārtus Adverbial: quater Proportional: quadruplus Multiplier: quadruplex, quadriplex Distributive: quaternus, quadrīnus Collective: quaterniō Fractional: quadrāns, teruncius | ||
Alternative forms
- quattor (rare), quatuor (Medieval Latin)
- Roman numerals: IV or IIII or IIIIor
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *kʷettwōr (*t duplicated preceding *-w-), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, neuter plural of *kʷetwóres. Cognates include Sanskrit चतुर् (catur), Old Armenian չորք (čʻorkʻ), Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares), and Old English fēower (English four).
The change of *e to a is unexplained; the expected form would be *quettuor. One theory suggests contamination with the zero-grade form *kʷtwr̥-.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkʷat.tu.or/, [ˈkʷät̪ːuɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkwat.tu.or/, [ˈkwät̪ːuor]
Numeral
quattuor (indeclinable)
- four; 4
- 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.116–118:
- Iuppiter antiqui contraxit tempora veris perque hiemes aestusque et inaequalis autumnos et breve ver spatiis exegit quattuor annum.
- Venerable Jove brought together the time of spring and through winter, summer, variable autumn, and brief spring completed the year in four seasons.
- Iuppiter antiqui contraxit tempora veris perque hiemes aestusque et inaequalis autumnos et breve ver spatiis exegit quattuor annum.
Derived terms
- quadrangulātus
- quadrāns
- quadrantal
- quadrantālis
- quadrantārius
- quadrātārius
- quadrātē
- quadrātiō
- quadrātum
- quadrātūra
- quadrātus
- quadriangulum
- quadriangulus
- quadridēns
- quadriduānus
- quadriduum
- quadriennis
- quadriennium
- quadriēris
- quadrifāriam
- quadrifāriter
- quadrifārius
- quadrifidus
- quadrifīnālis
- quadrifīnium
- quadrifluus
- quadrifluvium
- quadriforis
- quadrifrōns
- quadrīgae
- quadrīgālis
- quadrigamus
- quadrīgārius
- quadrīgātus
- quadrigeminus
- quadrigōnus
- quadrīgulae
- quadriiugis
- quadriiugus
- quadrilaterus
- quadrilībris
- quadrimanus
- quadrīmātus
- quadrimembris
- quadrimenstruus
- quadrimestris
- quadrīmulus
- quadrīmus
- quadringentī
- quadringentiēs
- quadrīnī
- quadripartiō
- quadripartītiō
- quadripartītō
- quadripartītus
- quadrirēmis
- quadrisēmus
- quadrivium
- quadrō
- quater
- quaterniō
- quaternārius
- quaternī
Related terms
Descendants
See also
References
- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, "quattro"
- “quattuor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quattuor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quattuor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- four successive days: quattuor dies continui
- to hold out for four months: obsidionem quattuor menses sustinere
- four successive days: quattuor dies continui
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