quaternio

quăternĭo, ōnis, m. [quaterni],

• the number four, a quaternion, Mart. Cap. 7, § 767.— Esp.,
• • B On dice, a quatre (post-class.), Isid. 18, 65.—
  • C A body of four soldiers, a quaternion, Vulg. Act. 12, 4.

quaternio, ōnis, m. (quaterni), I) die Vier, Vierzahl, Mart. Cap. 7. § 767 u.a.: als Würfelzahl, Isid. orig. 18, 65. – II) meton.: 1) eine Abteilung von vier Mann, quattuor quaterniones militum, viermal vier Mann Soldaten, Vulg. act. apost. 12, 4. – 2) der Quartbogen Papier, Mar. Merc. p. 811 (tom. 48 ed. Migne) u.a. spät. Eccl.

quaternio [LL], quarternio [assoc. w. CL quartus or ME quartern] 1 (m or f.) set of four sheets of parchment or paper folded to form eight leaves, quire, gathering. b booklet or pamphlet that consists of a single quire; c (pl.) quires as containing literary work or works. codex habens ~ones septem quas singulis diebus singulas possumus ‥ percurrere Bede CuthbP 8 p. 182; 800 ut jubeatis ligare et involvere et in modum unius corporis conponere has [v. l. hos] ~ones Alcuin Ep. 201; da mihi ‥ unum cotem aut subulam ut valeam pungere meos ~ones Ælf. Bata 4. 16 p. 41; 11‥ hic ~o ‥ quaer WW Sup. 104; s1224 hoc anno data fuit domino regi quintadecima, sicut patet in brevi ejusdem in quarternione sequenti ‥ Chr. Peterb. 8; 1446 pro decem quarternionibus papiri regalis, pro uno magno libro Ac. Chamb. Cant. 140a.  b festinus ~onem promptum paravi ‥ ac in illa eadem die non minus quam tria alia sibi placabilia testimonia, illo imperante, in eodem ~one ‥ scripsi Asser Alf. 88; nec scribere in tabula nec in scedula nec in ullo pergameno nec in nullo ~one Ælf. Bata 4. 3 p. 28.  c incautum judicandum est quod de ~onibus nostris fecisti Anselm (Ep. 146) III 292; pontifex ipse precepit quatinus ~ones in quibus ipsum opus congesseram penitus destruerem Eadmer V. Anselmi II 72 p. 150; ~ones Malchi ad angelum suum R. Cant. Malch. VI p. 145 (tit.); 1516 Lupsetus restituit mihi aliquot ~ones tuas quas olim apud se tenuerat. in his est Julii Genius et declamationes duae Ep. Erasm. II 502. 2 group of four persons, (spec. mil.) squad of four soldiers. per noctes singulas singulis hominum ~onibus ‥ decrevit excubias celebrari Chr. Rams. 140; hic ~o, qui habet iiij milites WW. 3 commander of four soldiers. sciendum quod ~o dicitur aliquando pro aliquo homine qui quatuor milites habet sub se, sicut et centurio qui habet centum Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 486; assit ei [scriptori] quaternus, non dico ~io [gl.: ductor militum], qui aliquantam [v. l. quartam] partem exercitus designat [v. l. significat] Neckam Ut. 116; unus de quinque qui alios quatuor ex omnibus quinariis eligatur, qui ~o nuncupetur Bower XI 28. 4 (her.) quarter (of a shield). quarta vel ~o est pars una areae quadrifidae majoribus nobilibus, si Leum sequar, ob virtutem concessa, ut vexilli quadratum, de qua prius, clypeoque nunc a dextris sedet, nunc a sinistris. quartam dicimus ab astrologis ductam, qui caeleste schema in quartas dividunt Spelman Asp. 104. 5 (in gl.). ~o, quatern GlC Q 19.

quăternĭō, ōnis, m. (quaterni), le nombre quatre : Capel. 7, 767 || section de quatre soldats : Vulg. Act. 12, 4 || cahier de quatre feuillets de quatre pages [une de nos feuilles in-8^o ] : Fort.

*quaternio, onis. m.
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Quaternio

(τετράς, τετράδιον). A quire of four sheets (eight leaves) of paper; the origin of our word “quire.”