Τεταρταῖος

quartan

Translated by Catharine Roth6 Nov 2008Vetting: high2 revisions

8 words

On the fourth day [or, every four days].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τεταρταῖος· τετραήμερος.

Betacode

*tetartai=os: tetrah/meros.

Adjective derived from teta/rth (sc. h(me/ra), "the fourth day." In medical usage, it can refer to a quartan fever; and see also e.g. Herodotus 2.89.1 on the interval between death and embalming in Egypt.
See also tau 371, tau 372.

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