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τεταρτ-αῖος

tetartaios

on the fourth day

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τεταρτ-αῖος · tetart-aios — LSJ

on the fourth day, four days

on the fourth day, τ. γενέσθαι to be four days dead, Hdt. 2.89; ἀφικνεῖσθαι τεταρταίους Pl. R. 616b.

2 quartan, every four days

τ. πυρετός quartan fever, Id. Ti. 86a; ῥῖγος POxy. 1151.37(v A.D.); so without πυρετός, Hp. Aph. 2.25, POxy. 1088.38 (i A.D.), etc.; πυρετῷ καὶ τεταρταίῳ IG 3.1424; τ. πονεῖσθαι to have fits every four days, Hp. Judic. 36; ἑπτὰ τεταρταίῳ μῆνας ἔκαμνε πυρί Call. Aet. 3.1.17 [Fr. 75.17 Pf.]; λύτρα τεταρταίοιο δυσαλγέος οὕνεκα παῦσαν Rev.Bibl. 14.295 (Lycia).

II the fourth day

τεταρταίη, = ἡ τετάρτη, the fourth day, Arat. 806.

2 quartan fever

quartan fever, Orph. L. 635.

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