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quăter, adv. num. [quattuor], four times: quater in anno pariunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 10; Verg. A. 2, 242; Hor. S. 2, 3, 1.
With other numerals: quater quinis minis, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 111: quater deni, forty, Ov. M. 7, 293: quater decies, fourteen times, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 39, § 100: quater centies, Vitr. 10, 14.
Freq. in phrase: ter et quater, ter aut quater, or terque quaterque, three and (or) four times, i. e. over and over again, often, extremely: ter et quater Anno revisens aequor, Hor. C. 1, 31, 13: corvi presso ter gutture voces Aut quater ingeminant, Verg. G. 1, 410: terque quaterque solum scindendum, id. ib. 2, 399: terque quaterque beati, id. A. 1, 94: o mihi felicem terque quaterque diem, Tib. 3, 3, 26.

quăternārĭus, a, um, adj. [quaterni], consisting of four each, containing four, quaternary (post-Aug.): scrobes quaternarii, hoc est quoquoversus pedum quattuor, four feet square, Col. 11, 2, 28: numerus, the number four, the quaternary, Plin. 28, 6, 17, § 64: formae, of coins, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38.

quăterni, ae, a (gen. plur. quaternūm, Liv. 6, 22, 7; Col. 5, 5, 2; Plin. 9, 3, 2, § 4), adj. plur. [quattuor].

  1. I. Four each, by fours, four at a time: quaternos denarios in singulas vini amphoras exegisse, Cic. Font. 5, 9: primam aciem quaternae cohortes ex V. legionibus tenebant, i. e. four from each legion, Caes. B. C. 1, 83: saepe tribus lectis videas cenare quaternos, Hor. S. 1, 4, 86.
  2. II. Four together, four at once: propter bis quaternas causas, Varr. L. L. 5, 1, 6; Aus. ldyll. 10, 60; Sedul. 2, 175; Plin. 28, 6, 17, § 64.

quăternĭo, ōnis, m. [quaterni], the number four, a quaternion, Mart. Cap. 7, § 767.
Esp.,

  1. B. On dice, a quatre (postclass.), Isid. 18, 65.
  2. C. A body of four soldiers, a quaternion, Vulg. Act. 12, 4.