quartarius
English
Etymology
From Latin quārtārius (“one-fourth”), from quārtus (“fourth”) + -ārius (“-ary: forming adj.”) from its relation to the sextarius. Doublet of quartary.
Noun
quartarius (plural quartariuses or quartarii)
- (historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 5/12 Roman pound of wine and equivalent to about 0.14 L although varying slightly over time.
Synonyms
- quarter-sextarius, quarter-pint (Roman contexts); quartary (obsolete)
Coordinate terms
- (unit of liquid measure): lingula (1/12 quartarius), cyathus (⅓ quartarius), acetabulum (½ quartarius), hemina (2 quartariuses), sextarius (4 quartariuses), congius (24 quartariuses), urna (96 quartariuses), amphora (192 quartariuses), culeus (3840 quartariuses)
Latin
Etymology
From quārtus (“fourth”) + -ārius (“-ary: forming adj.”), from its relation to the sextarius.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷaːrˈtaː.ri.us/, [kʷäːrˈt̪äːriʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwarˈta.ri.us/, [kwärˈt̪äːrius]
Noun
quārtārius m (genitive quārtāriī or quārtārī); second declension
- (historical) quartarius, a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 0.14 L
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | quārtārius | quārtāriī |
| Genitive | quārtāriī quārtārī1 | quārtāriōrum |
| Dative | quārtāriō | quārtāriīs |
| Accusative | quārtārium | quārtāriōs |
| Ablative | quārtāriō | quārtāriīs |
| Vocative | quārtārie | quārtāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Coordinate terms
- (unit of liquid measure): lingula (1/12 quartarius), cyathus (⅓ quartarius), acetabulum (½ quartarius), hemina (2 quartarii), sextarius (4 quartarii), congius (24 quartarii), urna (96 quartarii), amphora (192 quartarii), culeus (3840 quartarii)
Descendants
- English: quartary, quartarius