quartus

Latin

Latin numbers (edit)
40
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    Cardinal: quattuor
    Ordinal: quārtus
    Adverbial: quater
    Proportional: quadruplus
    Multiplier: quadruplex, quadriplex
    Distributive: quaternus, quadrīnus
    Collective: quaterniō
    Fractional: quadrāns, teruncius

Etymology

    From Proto-Italic *kʷeturtos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeturtos ~ *kʷetwr̥tos (whence Ancient Greek τέταρτος (tétartos), Sanskrit चतुर्थ (caturtha), Proto-Balto-Slavic *ketwirtas and Proto-Germanic *fedurþô), from *kʷetwóres (“four”). Cognate to quadrus (“square”), from sense “four-sided”.[1]

    Pronunciation

    Numeral

    quārtus (feminine quārta, neuter quārtum); first/second-declension numeral

    1. fourth

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative quārtus quārta quārtum quārtī quārtae quārta
    genitive quārtī quārtae quārtī quārtōrum quārtārum quārtōrum
    dative quārtō quārtae quārtō quārtīs
    accusative quārtum quārtam quārtum quārtōs quārtās quārta
    ablative quārtō quārtā quārtō quārtīs
    vocative quārte quārta quārtum quārtī quārtae quārta

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Asturian: cuartu
    • Catalan: quart
    • Dutch: kwart
    • Emilian: quèrt
    • English: quart, quarto
    • French: quart
    • Italian: quarto
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: quarto
    • Sicilian: quartu
    • Spanish: cuarto
    • Swedish: kvart
    • → Esperanto: kvar

    References

    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “quattuor”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 505: “Derivatives > line 8 > quārtus”

    Further reading

    • “quartus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “quartus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "quartus", 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)
    • “quartus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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