τέταρτος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=η, ον, Ep. also [[τέτρατος|τέτρᾰτος]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), Boeot. [[πέτρατος|πέτρᾰτος]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]),<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[fourth]], Il.23.301, etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[τὸ τέταρτον]] as adverb, [[the fourth time]], 5.438, etc.: without Art., [[fourthly]], Pl.''Phdr.''266e: regul. Adv. [[τετάρτως]], [[fourfold]], Id.''Ti.''86a.<br><span class="bld">2</span> (''[[sc.]]'' [[μέρος]]) a [[quarter]], D.S.1.50, ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''1293.25 (ii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[ἡ τετάρτη]]:<br><span class="bld">1</span> (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἡμέρα]]) [[the fourth day]], Hes.''Op.''800, X.''An.''4.8.21.<br><span class="bld">2</span> (''[[sc.]]'' [[μοῖρα]]) a [[liquid]] [[measure]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.57:—also, a [[measure]] of [[weight]], λαβὼν χρυσοῦ τετάρτας ''PMag.Leid.V.''6.24, cf. 6.22.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[a fourth part]], ἐπὶ τετάρταις ἐργάζονται τῶν καρπῶν Str.15.1.40.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[tax]] of 25%, τ. ἐπὶ τοῖς καρποῖς App.''Mith.''83, cf. ''SIG''4.8 (Cyzicus, vi B.C.); [[ὧν τετάρτη]] goods which pay a [[tax]] of 25%, ''PCair.Zen.''12.59,70, al. (iii B.C.); τ. σιτοποιῶν ib.206.34 (iii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[Τέταρτος]], ὁ, a month in Locris, ''GDI''1901.2, 2097.5 (Delph., ii B.C.). (Skt. caturthás, Lith. ketvir̃tas, Lat. [[quartus]], etc.: l.-E. qu̯eturto- and qu̯etu̯ṛto-.)