quā^drĭ-partĭo — Lewis & Short
quā^drĭ-partĭo, no
I perf., ītum, 4, v. a., and quā^drĭ-pertĭor, īri, 4, v. dep. quattuor-partio, to divide into four parts (in the verb. finit. post-class.):
quadripartitur exercitus,Dict. Cret. 1, 19.— Dep.:
quadripartiretur,Not. Tir. p. 109.— Hence, quā^-drĭpartītus (quā^drĭpert-), a, um, P. a., divided into four parts, consisting of four parts, fourfold, quadripartite (class.):
distributio accusationis,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 33:
commutationes temporum,fourfold, four, id. Tusc. 1, 28, 68:
divisio,id. N. D. 3, 3, 6:
oratio,Varr. L. L. 9, § 31 Müll.:
distinctio,Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 88:
ratio,Quint. 1, 5, 38; 3, 6, 87:
exercitus,Tac. A. 13, 39:
praesidia,id. H. 5, 20. — Adv.: quā^drĭ-partītō, in four divisions or parts, quadripartitely:
bracchia locare,Col. 4, 26, 3.