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(v. a.v. dep.P. a.) : quādrĭ-partĭo, no
* Perf., ītum, 4, v. a., and quādrĭ-pertĭor, īri, 4, v. dep.quattuor-partio, to divide into four parts (in the verb. finit. post-class.): quadripartitur exercitus,Dict. Cret. 1, 19.— Dep.: quadripartiretur,Not. Tir. p. 109.— Hence, quā-drĭpartītus (quādrĭpert-), a, um, P. a., divided into four parts, consisting of four parts, fourfold, quadripartite (class.): distributio accusationis,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 33: commutationes temporum,fourfold, four,id. Tusc. 1, 28, 68: divisio,id. N. D. 3, 3, 6: oratio,Varr. L. L. 9, § 31 Müll.: distinctio,Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 88: ratio,Quint. 1, 5, 38; 3, 6, 87: exercitus,Tac. A. 13, 39: praesidia,id. H. 5, 20. — Adv.: quādrĭ-partītō, in four divisions or parts, quadripartitely: bracchia locare,Col. 4, 26, 3.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary