τέταρτος: Difference between revisions

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