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quattuor

quattuor

Latin

Latin cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : quattuor
    Ordinal : quartus
    Adverbial : quater
    Multiplier : quadruplex
    Distributive : quaternī
Latin Wikipedia article on quattuor

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quattuor (indeclinable)

  1. (cardinal) 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.
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Leviticus.11.23
      quicquid autem ex volucribus quattuor tantum habet pedes execrabile erit vobis
      But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.

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See also

  • Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

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