quartarius Latin · revision 9155

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cato|origins=la quattuor}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kʷaːrˈtaː.ri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [kʷarˈtaː.ri.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''quārtārius''' ''m'' (genitive quārtāriī or quārtārī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[quārtus]] “fourth” with the suffix [[-ārius]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Cato, of a measure.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As a noun it meant a quarter of a ''sextārius'', a measure for liquids and dry goods, as in Cato.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lucilius, quoted by Festus, uses it of a muleteer of the lowest rank, paid a quarter share.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) As an adjective it meant of a fourth part.^(OLD 2012)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it of a fourth part, and the forms ''quarterius'' and ''quarterus'' follow Anglo-Norman ''quarter''.^(DMLBS) Through Old French ''quartier'' it gave [[en|quarter]] about 1300.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it of a muleteer.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''quarter'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A quarter of a ''sextārius''.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A muleteer on a quarter share.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of a fourth part.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quārtus]]

+ * [[quattuor]]

+ * [[sextārius]]

+ * [[en|quarter]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}