quater
ἔργοισι χρηστός, οὐ λόγοις ἔφυν μόνον → a friend in deeds, and not in words alone
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
quăter: adv. num. quattuor,
I four times: quater in anno pariunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 10; Verg. A. 2, 242; Hor. S. 2, 3, 1.—With other numerals: quater quinis minis, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 111: quater deni, forty, Ov. M. 7, 293: quater decies, fourteen times, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 39, § 100: quater centies, Vitr. 10, 14. —Freq. in phrase: ter et quater, ter aut quater, or terque quaterque, three and (or) four times, i. e. over and over again, often, extremely: ter et quater Anno revisens aequor, Hor. C. 1, 31, 13: corvi presso ter gutture voces Aut quater ingeminant, Verg. G. 1, 410: terque quaterque solum scindendum, id. ib. 2, 399: terque quaterque beati, id. A. 1, 94: o mihi felicem terque quaterque diem, Tib. 3, 3, 26.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
quătĕr¹¹ (quattuor), adv.,
1 quatre fois : Cic. Tusc. 5, 54 ; Virg. En. 2, 242 ; quater decies Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 100, quatorze fois ; ter et quater Hor. O. 1, 31, 13, trois et quatre fois, plusieurs fois, à plusieurs reprises ; terque quaterque beati Virg. En. 1, 94, ô trois et quatre fois heureux ; ter aut quater Virg. G. 1, 410, trois ou quatre fois
2 pour la quatrième fois : Amm. 23, 1, 1 ; Spart. Hadr. 3, 1.
