The corpus record — Latin

quattuor

quattuor · num. adj

four

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Where it lives

Ab Urbe Condita, books 8-10 - 20s 2 · 120.48/10k
De agri cultura 42 · 26.85/10k
Epicedion in Patrem 1 · 26.39/10k
Eclogarum Liber 7 · 25.57/10k
Praefatiunculae 1 · 18.25/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 10 23 · 15.19/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 43-44 - 43 8 · 13.94/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 37 22 · 13.44/10k
Moretum, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 12.92/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 36 13 · 11.42/10k
De Medicina 109 · 10.63/10k
Divus Claudius 3 · 10.11/10k

Densest 12 of 180 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. quattŭor — Lewis & Short

quattŭor, less correctly quātŭor (also written quattor), num. adj.kindr. with Sanscr. catur; Gr. te/ttares from te/tvares,

I four: ter quattuor corpora, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 108 (Ann. v. 96 Vahl.); Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 102; Cic. Univ. 5: ex centum quattuor centuriis, id. Rep. 2, 22, 39: tria aut quattuor paria amicorum, id. Lael. 4, 15; Hor. S. 1, 3, 8; Verg. E. 5, 65; Juv. 5, 47.

2. quattuor — Walde–Hofmann

quattuor (guattor) ,vier* (seit Enn. Plaut, Cato, rom., ebenso quattuordecim „vierzehn* [Löfstedt Synt. II 240] und *guattuorpedia „vierfüßiges Tier* [vgl. spätl. quadrupedia de., Kluge!! s. Eidechse]; vgl. quattuorangulätilis ,vierwinklig^ Grom., quattuordeciaere Metrol., quattuordecimus „der vierzehnte* Ascon., quattuordeni „je vier zehn* seit Áug, guatiuorprimi „die vier ersten der Dekurionen* seit Lex repet., … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. quattuor, p. 1306]

In the wild

iiii Julius Caesar, De Bello Civili 1.80.2
quattuor Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 1-5 - 4 p57
IIII Celsus, De Medicina 6.6.p22
quattuor Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 27.2.7
quattuor Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 9 p30
quattuor Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 10 p6

6 of 1,831 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. quattuor (scan pp. 1306-1307; entry #2205). Root candidates: *petriä-, *triä-, *gte-.

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