The corpus record — Latin

quaternarius

quaternarius · adj

consisting of four each

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Where it lives

Adversus Valentinianos 1 · 1.57/10k
Alexander Severus 1 · 0.94/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

quăternārĭus — Lewis & Short

quăternārĭus, a, um, adj.quaterni,

I consisting of four each, containing four, quaternary (post-Aug.): scrobes quaternarii, hoc est quoquoversus pedum quattuor, four feet square, Col. 11, 2, 28: numerus, the number four, the quaternary, Plin. 28, 6, 17, § 64: formae, of coins, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38.

In the wild

quaternarii Tertullian, Adversus Valentinianos 8
quaternarium Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 28.6.p3
quaternarii Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 3.10.13
quaternarias Historia Augusta, Alexander Severus 39

Where it came from

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