quaternus

quaternus, s. quaternīa. E. ➳ .

quaternus [CL], quarternus, ~um [cf. ME quartern] 1 (pl.) four at a time, four at once. boves ‥ ad arata vel plaustra binos quidem jungunt rarius, sed ~os frequentius Gir. DK I 17. 2 four together or in a row. b (in sg. or w. sb. in sg. as adj.) that forms a group of four. c (bis ~i) eight. pergo super latices plantis suffulta quaternis Aldh. Aen. 38 (Tippula) 1; decursis ~arum [v. l. quattuor] dierum articulis Felix Guthl. 50 p. 154; 797 non ut ceteris annis tricenteni quinquageni ~i sed tricenteni quinquageni terni dies repperiuntur Alcuin Ep. 126; septies ~i xxviij Byrht. Man. 30; c1161 in litterali studio tantus fuit ut ~as simul dictaret epistolas P. Blois Ep. 67. 211B; mille CCCC quaterno L ter deno quoque quarto / vertitur hoc seclo, Christo regnante periculo Hist. Durh. 10 p. 150. b versus xiij sillabarum exameter singulari dactilo cum ~o spondeo constans quinas ‥ sibi usurpat species Aldh. Met. 10 p. 84; onus ‥ effertur evangelice ~o humero Gosc. Transl. Mild. 14; scripsit mihi reverentie vestre diligentia suavior litteram quaterna petitione comprehensam. quarum prima continebat quod ‥ Ad. Marsh Ep. 181 p. 326; 1362 si disputatores artium fuerint quatuor, de unica disputacione in hebdomada sint contenti. theologi vero, si sub ~o fuerint vel excedant ‥ in qualibet septimana de pleno termino disputabunt Conc. III 57b. c bis denis bisque quaternis civitatibus ac nonnullis castellis Gildas EB 3; 672 bis ~is temporum lustris Israhelitici plebis imperii sceptro fungens Aldh. Ep. 5 p. 491; decursis bis ~is [gl.: i. e. octo] dierum voluminibus Felix Guthl. 10; 779 aliquam agelli partem ‥ viz. ‥ bis ~as mansiones CS 232; diocesis bis ~os continens archidiaconatus Ad. Eyns. Hug. III 1; bis denis bisque ~is civitatibus olim decorata erat [Britannia] (Lib. Cust.) MGL II 640. 3 (as sb. m. or f.) set of four sheets of parchment or paper folded to form eight leaves, quire, gathering; b notebook, booklet, pamphlet. ubi non in libris, sicut fieri solet, sed in schedulis et ~is P. Blois Ep. 101. 312C; 12‥ unum manuale parvum in ~is (Vis.) Reg. S. Osm. I 276; 1354 in ij ~is paperi emptis ad jornal’ ‥ inde faciend’ KR Ac 471/6 m. 11; pro j ~a papiri regal’ empta pro patronis pictarie inde faciendis KR Ac 471/6 m. 25; 1364 in percameno, et in j ~o de paper emptis iijs. vjd. (Ac.) Pri. Cold. app. xliv; 1388 in v ~is papiri emptis pro litteris et aliis in eisdem scribendis, xx d. MinAc 1222/3 m. 4; 1390 pro ij quarternis papiri ‥ Ac. H. Derby 19; c1445 missale antiquum ‥ cum ~is novis ‥ in eodem annexis (Invent.) Amund. I app. 450. b dominus papa ‥ cuidam subdiacono curie ‥ precepit ut ~um legeret, in quo tociens ‥ episcopi contineri dicebantur errores J. Sal. Hist. Pont. 10; quinque hujus novi operis ~os tibi mitto, ut translegas, non transcribas P. Blois Ep. 19. 71C; petisti ‥ ut saltem unum vel duos ~os opusculi nostri ‥ tibi transmitterem P. Cornw. Panth. prol. 38; s1233 injunctum est ei ut ‥ restituat ~os et pannos quos apportavit Ann. Dunstable 134; a1350 scribantur in ~o quem penes se habeat cancellarius StatOx 88; 1423 iij quarterni vite Sancti Edmundi; j quartern’ pro aqua benedicta Ac. Obed. Abingd. 98; 1509 ~e noviter conscript’ de patronis ecclesie (Invent.) Cant. Coll. Ox. I 89. 4 (as sb. n.) fourth part, quarter. s1346 evisceratus et quarternatus; cujus quarterna fuerunt demandata ad suspendenda Ad. Mur. Chr. app. 253. 5 (as sb. m.; as unit of measure) quarter (in quot., of grain, perh. containing 8 bushels). c1220 dedit nobis quatuor marcas argenti et duos quarternos de braseo et unum quarternum de gruto in gersuma Cart. Osney I 113. 6 (as adj.) fourfold. c830 mater una ecclesia, quaterna, singula / ad corporis instar virtute acti trina (Arbor Eterna) Conc. HS I 622 (cf. Apoc. xxi 16).

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