quartanus

quartānus, a, um, adj. [quartus], of or belonging to the fourth; esp.,

• I Of or occurring on the fourth day, quartan: febris, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24; Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 166; Mart. 10, 77, 3.— Hence, as subst.: quar-tāna, ae, f. (sc. febris), an ague occurring every fourth day, a quartan ague (class.): in quartanam conversa vis est morbi, Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 1; cf. Cels. 2, 1, 20; Plin. 22, 25, 72, § 150: frigida, Hor. S. 2, 3, 290.—
• II Of or belonging to the fourth legion; plur. as subst.: quartāni, m., the soldiers of the fourth legion, Tac. H. 4, 37; Inscr. Orell. 3118.

quārtānus, a, um (quartus), zum vierten gehörig, I) zum vierten Tage, febris quartana u. subst. bl. quārtāna, ae, f., das viertägige Fieber, α) m. febris: tertianae febres et quartanae, Cic.: febri quartanā liberari in acie, Plin. – β) ohne febris: quartana aestiva, autumnalis, Cels.: qu. vetus, Cels.: in senioribus ex eiusmodi morbo quartana fere nascitur, Cels.: in quartanam conversa est vis morbi, Cic.: alterum (tertianarum) genus eodem modo, quo quartana, et incipit et desinit, Cels.: longinquo, maxime quartanae, implicari morbo, Liv.: frigida quartana alqm relinquit, Hor.: alqs a quartana relictus est, Cic.: quartana ab alqo discessit, Cic.: qui quartanam passus convaluerit, Gell. – Plur., idem tempus (autumnus) quosdam longissimis (morbis) implicat, maximeque quartanis, Cels.: Icatidas medicus quartanas finiri coitu spopondit, Plin.: qui remedia quartanis tertianisque collo adnexa gestarunt, Spart. – II) zur vierten Legion, subst., quārtānī, ōrum, m., die Soldaten der vierten Legion, die Vierer, Tac. hist. 4, 37.

quartanus [CL] , (med., of fever) that has a four-day cycle, quartan. b (as sb. f.) quartan ague or fever. tytartaeus Graece, Latine ~a febris quae de splene venit Comm. Cant. III 15; diliponta est cotidiana, vel tertiana, vel ~a Gloss. Poems 103n. 22; unus ~is febribus laborans, duo hydropici J. Furness Walth. 82; affectum jam corpus, et ~is algoribus post alias febres congelascens Ad. Eyns. Hug. V 16 p. 195; alius quidam de clericis ejusdem patris ~is torquebatur febribus V. Edm. Rich P 1812A; qui [Hugo illuminator] post cartanas [MS: carteras] febricitantes et fluxus ventris torrentuosos ipsum quinque septimanis continue affligentes, diem clausit extremum ‥ vj kal. Dec. ‥ S. Sim. Itin. 64; tetraceus, i. febris ~a Alph. 184.  b hic leo noster ‥ ~e stimulo leonino more vexatur Gir. TH III 50; verumtamen ~e insidiantis et imminentis preambulos estus jam presensi P. Blois Ep. 109. 332D; Baldewinus ‥ ~a per annum decoctus ad extrema deductus est W. Cant. Mir. Thom. II 18; ~a dicitur quia de quarto in quartum invadit et affligit, et est de melancolia, que naturaliter movetur per horam quartam diei Gad. 15. 2.

quārtānus, a, um (quartus), du quatrième jour, v. quartana febris.

quartanus , a, um. adj.
四日者。Quartana febris 四日之瘧。

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quartānus adj.

• quartus, of the fourth, occurring on the fourth day, quartan: febris.—As substf. (sc. febris), an ague occurring every fourth day, quartan ague: in quartanam conversa vis est morbi: frigida, H.—As substm.: quartani, soldiers of the fourth legion, Ta.