quadriduum
From LSJ
τὸ γὰρ πράττειν τοῦ λέγειν καὶ χειροτονεῖν ὕστερον ὂν τῇ τάξει, πρότερον τῇ δυνάμει καὶ κρεῖττόν ἐστιν (Demosthenes 3.15) → for action, even though posterior in the order of events to speaking and voting, is prior in importance and superior
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
quā̆drĭdŭum: (quā̆trĭd-), ĭi, n. quattuor-dies,
I a space of four days, four days (class.): in hoc triduo aut quadriduo, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 37; so Cato, R. R. 65, 2; 113, 2; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; id. Tusc. 5, 4, 11; 4, 38, 82; Liv. 3, 3; Curt. 4, 7, 15: quadriduo quo haec gesta sunt, four days after, Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 20: quadriduum per vastas solitudines absumptum est, Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 86.
