quater

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. Cognates include Sanskrit चतुर् (catur), Old Armenian չորք (čʿorkʿ), Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares), and Old English fēower (English four).

Adverb

quater (not comparable)

  1. four times
  2. often

References
  • quater in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • quater in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • quater in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romansch

Alternative forms
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) quatter

Etymology

From Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Number

quater

  1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) four
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