quăternĭo — Lewis & Short
quăternĭo, ōnis, m.quaterni,
I the number four, a quaternion, Mart. Cap. 7, § 767.— Esp.,
B On dice, a quatre (postclass.), Isid. 18, 65.—
C A body of four soldiers, a quaternion, Vulg. Act. 12, 4.
The corpus record — Latin
quăternĭo
quăternĭo · m
the number four
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