quartan
QUARTAN
quartus: a quartan fever (febris) quartana; febris quadrini circuitus (Plin.); quartis diebus recurrens.
quartus: a quartan fever (febris) quartana; febris quadrini circuitus (Plin.); quartis diebus recurrens.
quartan: recurring every fourth day (Roman reckoning = every 3 days); used only of a quartan ague, febris quartana: cf. Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24, tertianas febres et quartanas: he recovered from a q. ague on the field of battle, febri quartana liberatus est in acie, Plin. 7, 50, 51: also, quartana, f. subs.: the disease has taken the quartan type, in q. conversa vis morbi est, Cic. Fam. 16, 11: if the shivering q. (or ague) has left the child, frigida si puerum quartana reliquerit, Hor. S. 2, 3, 290: to cure (or , drive away) q. agues, quartanas excutere (subj. of the medicine), Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 56: also, morbus quartanae: suffering from a severe q. ague, morbo quartanae aggravante, Suet. Caes. 1: also, quadrini circuitûs febris, Plin. 7, 50, 51: expr. by quarta dies in Juv. 9, 17, quem tempore longo Torret quarta dies, olimque domestica febris. One who has a q. ague, quartānārĭus, Schol. Juv. l. c.: cf. AGUE : FEVER .