quater

Latin > English

quater ADV :: four times (number/degree); on four occasions; (how often); time and again

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.

Latin > German (Georges)

quater, Adv. numer. (aus *quatrus), I) viermal, quater in anno pariunt, Varro: toto non quater anno poscas, Hor. – quater decies (deciens), vierzehnmal, Cic.: quater centies (centiens), vierhundertmal, Vitr.: quater deni, vierzig, Ov. – ter et quater, ter aut quater, terque quaterque, dreimal u. viermal = aber und abermals, wieder und wieder, sprichw. bald = öfter, ter et quater revisens aequor, Hor.: terque quaterque solum scindendum, Verg.; bald = sehr, terque quaterque beati, Verg. – II) zum viertenmal, qu. consul, Spart. Hadr. 3, 1: qu. inierat amplissimum magistratum, Amm. 23, 1, 1.