quartary

See also: quaternary

English

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←  3	4	5  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: four     Ordinal: fourth     Latinate ordinal: quartary, quaternary     Reverse order ordinal: fourth to last, fourth from last, last but three     Latinate reverse order ordinal: preantepenultimate     Adverbial: four times     Multiplier: fourfold     Latinate multiplier: quadruple     Distributive: quadruply     Group collective: foursome     Multipart collective: quadruplet     Greek or Latinate collective: tetrad     Greek collective prefix: tetra-, tessera-     Latinate collective prefix: quadri-     Fractional: quarter, fourth     Latinate fractional prefix: quadrant-     Elemental: quadruplet     Greek prefix: tetarto-     Number of musicians: quartet     Number of years: quadrennium, olympiad

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɔːtəɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɔɹtəɹi/, /ˈkwɔɹ.tə.ɹi/

Etymology 1

From Latin quārtārius (“quarter-sextarius, quarter-pint”), from quārtus (“fourth”) + -ārius (“-ary: forming adj.”). Equivalent to quart +‎ -ary. Doublet of quartarius.

Noun

quartary (plural quartaries)

1. (historical, rare, obsolete) Synonym of quartarius, quarter-sextarius, a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 0.14 L
2. (historical, rare, obsolete) A Roman unit of mass, one-fourth of a Roman pound.

Etymology 2

From Latin quārtus (“fourth”) + -ary (“forming adj.”) within English in place of the correct form quaternary.

Adjective

quartary (not comparable)

1. (proscribed, obsolete) Synonym of quaternary: Of the fourth rank or order, fourth in a series.

References

• “† quartary, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2021.
• “† quartary, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2021.