quartaryとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈkwɔːtəɹi/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈkwɔɹtəɹi/, /ˈkwɔɹ.tə.ɹi/

語源 1

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

名詞

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.

語源 2

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

形容詞

quartary (not comparable)

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

参照

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