quā^drĭ-sēmus — Lewis & Short
quā^drĭ-sēmus, a, um, adj.vox hibr. from quattuor-sh=ma, sign,
I quadrisyllabic, containing four morae or prosodial times (gram. term):
numerus,Mart. Cap. 9, § 981.
The corpus record — Latin
quā^drĭ-sēmus
quā^drĭ-sēmus · adj
quadrisyllabic
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