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|strgr=neuter of a presumed derivative of tetras (a tetrad; from [[τέσσαρες]]); a quaternion or [[squad]] ([[picket]]) of [[four]] Roman soldiers: quaternion. | |strgr=neuter of a presumed derivative of tetras (a tetrad; from [[τέσσαρες]]); a quaternion or [[squad]] ([[picket]]) of [[four]] Roman soldiers: quaternion. | ||
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|txtha=τετραδιου, τό ([[τετράς]], the [[number]] [[four]]), a quarternion (τό ἐκ τεσσάρων συνεστος, Suidas): [[τῶν]] στρατιωτῶν, a [[guard]] consisting of [[four]] soldiers (for [[among]] the Romans [[this]] [[was]] the [[usual]] [[number]] of the [[guard]] to [[which]] the [[custody]] of captives and prisons [[was]] intrusted; [[two]] soldiers were confined [[with]] the [[prisoner]] and [[two]] kept [[guard]] [[outside]]), [[Philo]] in Flacc. § 13i. e. Mang. edition vol. ii, p. 533,25.) | |||
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