quarter
quarter
subs.
Fourth part: use P. and V. τέταρτον μέρος.
Region: P. and V. χώρα, ἡ, τόπος, ὁ, or pl.
Hand direction: P. and V. χείρ, ἡ.
From what quarter: interrogative, P. and V. πόθεν ; indirect, ὅποθεν.
From another quarter: P. and V. ἄλλοθεν.
From all quarters: P. and V. πάντοθεν, Ar. and P. παντᾰχόθεν.
From no quarter: P. οὐδαμόθεν.
From some quarter or other: P. and V. ποθέν (enclitic).
All is well in that quarter: V. καλῶς τά γʼ ἐνθένδε (Eur. Or. 1277).
Quarter of a town: P. μέρος, τό (Thuc. 2.15), κώμη, ἡ.
Pardon: P. and V. συγγνώμη, ἡ, V. σύγγνοια, ἡ.
Give quarter: P. and V. φείδεσθαι (also with gen. of object).
Give no quarter (in battle): P. μηδαμῶς ζωγρεῖν (Plat. Legg. 868b).
subs.
Fourth part: use P. and V. τέταρτον μέρος.
Region: P. and V. χώρα, ἡ, τόπος, ὁ, or pl.
Hand direction: P. and V. χείρ, ἡ.
From what quarter: interrogative, P. and V. πόθεν ; indirect, ὅποθεν.
From another quarter: P. and V. ἄλλοθεν.
From all quarters: P. and V. πάντοθεν, Ar. and P. παντᾰχόθεν.
From no quarter: P. οὐδαμόθεν.
From some quarter or other: P. and V. ποθέν (enclitic).
All is well in that quarter: V. καλῶς τά γʼ ἐνθένδε (Eur. Or. 1277).
Quarter of a town: P. μέρος, τό (Thuc. 2.15), κώμη, ἡ.
Pardon: P. and V. συγγνώμη, ἡ, V. σύγγνοια, ἡ.
Give quarter: P. and V. φείδεσθαι (also with gen. of object).
Give no quarter (in battle): P. μηδαμῶς ζωγρεῖν (Plat. Legg. 868b).
quarter
v. trans.
Billet: P. καταστρατοπεδεύειν (Xen.), V. εὐνάζειν, κᾰτευνάζειν (Eur. Rhes.); see billet.
Be quartered: P. σκηνεῖν, V. κᾰτευνάσθαι (perf. pass. of κᾰτευνάζειν), (Eur. Rhes. 611).
v. trans.
Billet: P. καταστρατοπεδεύειν (Xen.), V. εὐνάζειν, κᾰτευνάζειν (Eur. Rhes.); see billet.
Be quartered: P. σκηνεῖν, V. κᾰτευνάσθαι (perf. pass. of κᾰτευνάζειν), (Eur. Rhes. 611).
QUARTER
A fourth part quarta pars; quadrans (e.g. horae): quarter of a year spatium trimestre: a year and a quarter annus ac tres menses: every quarter tertio quoque mense.
Region of the skies pars: nor could the wind blow from any quarter that etc. neque ullus flare ventus poterat quin etc. (Caes. Herz. B.C. 3 47).
Particular region of a town or county pars; vicus.
Plural. Quarters habitation abode habitatio (general term): tectum (house): hospitium (especially in the house of a friend): deversorium (at an inn): statio (baiting-house on the road etc.); mansio (place of a night’s lodging). To take up one’s quarters with anybody devertere ad aliquem tin hospitium): to have one’s quarters with deversari apud aliquem; habitare apud aliquem; tecto receptum esse ab aliquo; uti alicujus hospitio: to pay for one’s quarters pretium mansionis persolvere alicui (for the night’s lodging). (Of troops) summer winter quarters aestiva hiberna plur.: to station troops in winter-quarters copias in hibernis collocare: to be in quarters per hospitia dispositos esse; in oppido (oppidis) collocatos esse: troops in quarters milites per hospitium dispositi (in respect of the soldiers): milites tecto (tectis) recepti (in respect of the host): to change soldiers’ quarters *militum hospitia mutare; *milites in alia hospitia deducere (when they leave a town): to change anybody’s quarters *in aliud hospitium traducere aliquem: to change one’s own quarters in aliam domum immigrare.
The grant of his life to a conquered enemy missio: quarter! (as exclamation) parce or parcite vitae meae: to grant no quarter nullius vitae parcere: quarter was neither asked nor qranted sine missione pugnatum est (Flor.; sine missione also Liv. 41 20 of gladiators): to cry for quarters rogare ut aliquis mihi parcat: to give quarter vitae alicujus parcere; victo dare vitam.
Close quarters plur.: to come to close quarters manum conserere; ad manum accedere: cominus pugnare (gladiis); cominus gladiis uti; manu decertare (all these = to fight close together or to come to close quarters with the sword after the commencement of the fight with javelins arrows etc.): inter se (collatis signis) concurrere; proelium committere (only of two hostile armies): (armis) congredi cum aliquo; manu confligere cum aliquo; ferrum et manus conferre cum aliquo; signa conferre cum aliquo (all; e.g. cum hostibus).
Quarterdeck perhaps *constratum navis posterius. Vid: DECK.
A fourth part quarta pars; quadrans (e.g. horae): quarter of a year spatium trimestre: a year and a quarter annus ac tres menses: every quarter tertio quoque mense.
Region of the skies pars: nor could the wind blow from any quarter that etc. neque ullus flare ventus poterat quin etc. (Caes. Herz. B.C. 3 47).
Particular region of a town or county pars; vicus.
Plural. Quarters habitation abode habitatio (general term): tectum (house): hospitium (especially in the house of a friend): deversorium (at an inn): statio (baiting-house on the road etc.); mansio (place of a night’s lodging). To take up one’s quarters with anybody devertere ad aliquem tin hospitium): to have one’s quarters with deversari apud aliquem; habitare apud aliquem; tecto receptum esse ab aliquo; uti alicujus hospitio: to pay for one’s quarters pretium mansionis persolvere alicui (for the night’s lodging). (Of troops) summer winter quarters aestiva hiberna plur.: to station troops in winter-quarters copias in hibernis collocare: to be in quarters per hospitia dispositos esse; in oppido (oppidis) collocatos esse: troops in quarters milites per hospitium dispositi (in respect of the soldiers): milites tecto (tectis) recepti (in respect of the host): to change soldiers’ quarters *militum hospitia mutare; *milites in alia hospitia deducere (when they leave a town): to change anybody’s quarters *in aliud hospitium traducere aliquem: to change one’s own quarters in aliam domum immigrare.
The grant of his life to a conquered enemy missio: quarter! (as exclamation) parce or parcite vitae meae: to grant no quarter nullius vitae parcere: quarter was neither asked nor qranted sine missione pugnatum est (Flor.; sine missione also Liv. 41 20 of gladiators): to cry for quarters rogare ut aliquis mihi parcat: to give quarter vitae alicujus parcere; victo dare vitam.
Close quarters plur.: to come to close quarters manum conserere; ad manum accedere: cominus pugnare (gladiis); cominus gladiis uti; manu decertare (all these = to fight close together or to come to close quarters with the sword after the commencement of the fight with javelins arrows etc.): inter se (collatis signis) concurrere; proelium committere (only of two hostile armies): (armis) congredi cum aliquo; manu confligere cum aliquo; ferrum et manus conferre cum aliquo; signa conferre cum aliquo (all; e.g. cum hostibus).
Quarterdeck perhaps *constratum navis posterius. Vid: DECK.
v. To divide into four parts quadrifariam dividere or dispertiri: to quarter the body of a criminal in quatuor partes distrahere (after Sen. De Ir. 3 17 in.); corpus in diversa distrahere (Liv.).
To station put into quarters collocare in loco or apud aliquem: to quarter soldiers milites per hospitia disponere or in hospitia deducere (with the citizens): milites per oppida dispertire (to station in the different towns): to have soldiers quartered upon me *milites meo hospitio utuntur: to have quartered one’s army in a town exercitum in tectis habere: to quarter one’s self upon anybody (as a guest) devertere or deverti ad aliquem; alicujus hospitio uti.
To station put into quarters collocare in loco or apud aliquem: to quarter soldiers milites per hospitia disponere or in hospitia deducere (with the citizens): milites per oppida dispertire (to station in the different towns): to have soldiers quartered upon me *milites meo hospitio utuntur: to have quartered one’s army in a town exercitum in tectis habere: to quarter one’s self upon anybody (as a guest) devertere or deverti ad aliquem; alicujus hospitio uti.
quarter (subs.):
I. The fourth part of anything:
1. quarta pars (gen. term): a q. of their forces, q. pars copiarum, Caes. B. G. 1, 12: also quarta (subs.), esp. a q. of an estate, Quint. 8, 5, 19: Ulp. Dig. 5, 2, 8: (half a q., octava pars, Cic. Att. 15, 26): hence adj. quartānārĭus, cf. q. tabula, Pall. 2, 11.
2. quadrans, tis, m.: (prop. 1-4th of some unit of measure or weight): with gen., cf. q. diei noctisque, Plin. 18, 25, 57: a q. of the work, q. operis, Col. 2, 4: absol. (the unit being understood). a q. of a foot: 12-1/4 feet, pedes XII. et quadrantem, Gell. 3, 10: a q. of a pint (sextarius), cf. Mart. 9, 94, quadrantem (vers. 2) = sex cyathos (vers. 4): a q. of an acre, q. (sc. jugeri), Col. 5, 1: a q. of a pound: cf. mittebas libram; quadrantem, Garrice, mittis, Mart. 12, 105 (here of money, you promised a pound, and you only send a q.): with pondo (for weight), 1/4 lb. of balsam, amomi pondo q., Col. 12, 20: heir to a q. (of any estate), heres ex quadrante, Suet. Caes. 83: (so, heir to 3 q.s, heres ex dodrante, Cic. Caec. 6). Hence adj. quadrantālis, a table a q. of a foot thick, mensa crassitudine quadrantali, Plin. 13, 15, 29.
3. Vitruv. alone uses the Gk. tetrans, antis, m. (τετρᾶς = quadrans): Vitr. 3, 3, med.: gen. pl. heterocl., tetrantorum, ib.: tetrantes columnarum, id. 4, 2.
4. The Vulg. uses angŭlus, m. (for the sides or edges of a garment): thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four q.s (Heb. wings) of thy vesture, per IV. angulos pallii tui, Deut. xxii. 12.--Particular uses:--(i.) a q. of corn (= 8 bushels), frumenti LXIV. modii (the modius = 1 peck, about): a q. of wheat, tritici LXIV. m. (cf. tritici modius, Cic. Div. Verr. 10, 30): (so much) per q., HS.--in modios LXIV. (cf. HS. II. in modios singulos, id. ib.). (ii.). A q. of an hour, horae quadrans: three q.s of an hour, horae dodrans, Plin. 2, 14, 11: a q. past, or to (a certain hour) (subdivisions not used by the Romans); perh. expr. thus, a q. past 12, *hora VI. et quadrans, or q. horae VII.; a q. to three, *dodrans horae IX. (iii.) A q. (of a year), spatium trimestre, Plin. 37, 10, 59. (trim. also as adj., a q.'s pay, etc.: v. QUARTERLY ): also, tres menses, quarta pars anni, and quadrans anni: three q.s of a year, dodrans anni, novem menses: a year and a q., annus et tres menses: every q., tertio quoque mense: every 3 q.s, nono quoque mense. (iv.) A q. of the body of an animal, (perh.) membrum, artus; in pl. with quatuor, if necess., or *quatuor partes (sing. quarta pars) corporis v. TO QUARTER . (v.) The first and third q.s of the moon: (N.B. prop. said of the 's position in her orbit, not of her phases): no gen. class. term except luna dividua, Plin. 2, 18, 16: (terms somewhat indefinite), the moon in her first q., cava luna, Plin.: l. crescens, id.: l. nascens, Hor.: in her last q., l. decrescens, Plin.; l. senescens, Varr.: v. QUADRATURE : PHASE .
II. In geography and meteorology, a q. of the heavens or horizon (prop. the 4 cardinal points, but extended to "all the q.s that they know i' the shipman's card," Shaksp.): hence gen. of geographical position or distribution:
1. Expr. the several q.s by names taken from the daily course of the Sun and (for the N.) the arctic constellations: cf. Mela, 1, 1: omne, cui Mundi et Coeli nomen indidimus ... partibus differt: unde (the q. whence) sol oritur Oriens nuncupatur aut Ortus; quo demergitur, Occidens vel Occasus; qua decurrit, Meridies; ab adversa parte (the opp. q.), Septemtrio; cf. ib. fin. (of the 3 q.s of the world, Africa, Europe, and Asia), quod terrarum (that q. of the world which): more gen., on 3 q.s or sides, tribus hanc (Asiam) e partibus tangit Oceanus, id. 2, init.: cf. ab oriente ad occidentem, Cic. N. D. 2, 66: oriens, tis, m., also for different q.s: the q. where the sun rises in summer (at the solstice), oriens aestivus, Plin. 17, 14, 24: cf. Orientem solstitialem aspiciant, Pallad. 1, 9: in winter, oriens hibernus, Col. 1, 6: in spring (at the vernal equinox), oriens vernus, Gell. 2, 22: so with occidens: let it be turned a little away fr. the q. of the winter sunset, paululum ab occidente avertatur hiemali, Pallad. 1, 8: for the S. q. (besides mĕrīdĭes, ēi, m.), use adj.: the S. q. of the world, meridianus orbis, Plin. 13, 4, 9: also v. inf. v.East North South West
2. Expr. by the names of the Winds (see sep. arts., and Smith's Class. Dict. s. v.Venti
3. pars, tis, f.: for what we call a q. of the world: cf. Mela, l. c. s. No. 1: cf. Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 4: quum orbis terrae divisus sit in duas partes (into 2 q.s) ab Eratosthene, maxime secundum naturam ad meridiem versus et ad septentriones: et sine dubio quoniam salubrior pars septentrionalis quam meridiana (the N.ern q. is healthier than the S.ern): (N.B.--More specifically, illa pars = Asia, and haec pars = Europa, ib.):--(of aspect) the land (or a field) which looks to the S.ern q. of the heavens, ager qui spectat ad meridianam coeli partem, id. 1, 7: fr. all q.s, ex omnibus p., ib.: cf. meridianam partem respiciat, Pallad. 1, 8: in calidis provinciis pars potius Septemtrionis optanda est (a N. aspect), id. ib. 7: more gen. (the Helvetii are bounded) on the one q., etc., una ex parte, altera ex parte, tertia, Caes. B. G. 1, 2.
4. rĕgĭo, ōnis, f. (direction): (the Nile) rising from the furthest mid-*day q. (i. e. the extreme S.), exoriens penitus media ab regione diei, Lucr. 6, 724: the N.ern q., the S.ern q., regio aquilonaris, australis, Cic. N. D. 2, 19, fin.: fr. the E.rn to the W.rn q.s of the earth, expr. poet. by surgente a sole ad eum quo vespertina tepet regio, Hor. S. 1, 4, 30: the q. within the arctic circle, regiones inter circulum septentrionalem (= ea parte, just below), Varr. 1, 2, 4: (perh.) for a q. of the world (Africa): deinde late vacat regio (or the particular q. of Africa in question), Mela, 1, 4, med.: (in wider sense) neu regio foret ulla suis animantibus orba (any q. of the earth), Ov. M. 1, 72: more specifically of a district; that Macedonia should be divided into 4 q.s, M. in IV. regiones dividi, Liv. 45, 29: v.DISTRICT : TRACT : esp. a q. (or ward) of Rome (v. Dict. of Geog. art. Roma), and some other cities, Inscr. Orell. No. 6 (vicus, m. also in this sense, Cic. Mil. 24, 64: v. WARD : STREET ): in or through all q.s of the city: regionatim (adv.): cf. regionatim commerciis interruptis, Liv. 45, 30: (edidit) ludos regionatim Urbe tota, Suet. Caes. 39: vicatim (adv.): Suet. Caes. 41, med.: Sen. de Ira, 3, 18: a city divided into 4 q.s (or wards), quadrifariam urbs divisa, Liv.: through the crowded or most frequented q.s, per frequentia urbis loca, Sen.: also vicinia, f., a particular q. (of a city): Hor. S. 2, 5, 106: id. Ep. 1, 16, 44: Petron. 93: well-known through all that q., haud ignotus viciniae, Liv.
5. plăga, f. (lit. a surface, and used esp. for aZONE ): the N. q. of the world (in general), p. septentrionalis, Plin. 16, 32, 59: the inhabitants of the S. q. (= S. hemisphere), omnibus in meridiana plaga habitantibus, id. 2, 11, 8: a q. of the heavens, cf. coeli scrutantur plagas, Poet. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 13: the 4 winds from the 4 q.s of heaven, IV. ventis a IV plagis coeli, Vulg. Jer. xlix. 36: (of a district of country) cf. haec est plaga contra mare, ad occidentem, id. Josh. xviii. 14. N.B. The Vulg. also uses angŭlus (in class. writers only for a secluded place: cf. Ille terrarum mihi praeter omnes angulus ridet, Hor. Od. 2, 6, 14): the nations in the 4 q.s of the earth, gentes quae sunt super IV. angulos terrae, Rev. xx. 8: cf. vidi IV. angelos stantes super IV. angulos terrae, tenentes IV. ventos terrae, id. vii. 1.
6. lŏcus, i, m.: usu. in pl. lŏci, lŏcă: to gather into one q., in unum locum convenire, Cic. Att. 8, 6: through all q.s of the city, Romae per omnes locos, Sall. J. 30: cf. Galli qui ea loca incolerent, Caes. B. G. 2, 4: in those q.s, in illis locis, Vulg. Act. xvi. 3, xxviii. 7.
7. ōra, f. Join: quacumque in ora ac parte terrarum, Cic. N. D. 2, 66: poet., rex gelidae orae, Hor. 1, 26, 4: (of aspect), to what q.s shrubs ought to be exposed, quas in oras (arbusta) debeant spectare, Plin. 17, 2, 2.
8. fīnes, ium, m. and f.: v.BORDER : TERRITORY : nor in all thy q.s, nec in cunctis fīnibus tuis, Vulg. Ex. xiii. 7.
9. terra, f., in pl.: cf. in quascunque terras, Cic. Rep. 2, 4: esp. as gen. partit.: that q. of the world which, quod terrarum, Mela, l. c., in No. 1: cf. No. 10.
10. Expr. by the pron. advs., eo, quo; ibi, ubi; inde, unde, etc., alone, or with terrarum or gentium (sometimes loci and -orum), as gen. partit.: (many exs. of the simple advs. in phrr. trans. by the Eng. advs.): to Rome or to any other q., Romam aliove quo, Liv. 38, 30: to what q., quo gentium, Pl. Bac. 4, 7, 33; quocunque, Hor. Od. 1, 7, 25; Cic. Verr. 5, 65: to whatever q. of the world, quoquo gentium, Pl. Merc. 5, 2, 17: cf. quoquo hinc asportabitur terrarum, certum est persequi, Ter. Ph. 3, 3, 18: from what q., unde gentium, Pl. Epid. 3, 4, 47: in what q. (colloq., where in the world), cf. ubi terrarum esses, ne suspicabar quidem, Cic. Att. 5, 10: in whatever q., ubicunque, Hor. Od. 3, 27, 13: ubicunque locorum vivitis, id. Ep. 1, 3, 34: ubicunque erit gentium, Cic. N. D. 1, 44, 121: qui ubicunque terrarum sunt, id. Phil. 2, 44, 113: in whatever q. of the wide world, Join, ubicunque terrarum et gentium violatum jus civium Romanorum sit, id. Verr. 5, 55, 143: in what q. of the world are we living? ubinam gentium sumus? id. Cat. 1, 4, 9: in no q. of the world, nusquam gentium, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 1: to whatever q. you please, quovis gentium, id. Heaut. 5, 1, 55: you dwell in a remote q., tu abes longe gentium, Cic. Att. 6, 3: from every q., undique: cf. omnes undique copiae conferuntur, Cic. Rep. 3, 17: they came to him from every q., conveniebant ad eum undique, Vulg. Marc. i. 45: to collect from all q.s, undique cogere (familiam), Caes. B. G. 1, 4: from what q. soever, undecunque: in tmesi; poet.; unde vacefit cunque locus, Lucr. 6, 1016: cf. undecunque moti sunt (fluctus), Sen. Vit. Beat. 27, med.: with gentium, undecunque gentium venissent, Vop. Firm 14: expr. also by adjs.: Phr.: nor could the wind blow from any q. so as to prevent, neque ullus flare ventus poterat, quin, Caes. B. C. 3, 47. Expr. by the persons in the q.: while he passed through all q.s, dum pertransiret universos, Vulg. Act. ix. 32: and so with prop. names. Note, in the sense of direction the Vulg. uses via: every one to his q., unusquisque in viam suam erraverunt, Is. xlvii. 15 (cf. id. lvi. 11).
III. Hence abode, lodging, station (very rare in sing.): v.QUARTERS .
IV. The grant of life to a conquered enemy: no specific word: the foll. may sometimes serve:
1. sălus, ūtis, f.: cf. they ask q., and, laying down their arms, throw themselves on the general's protection, *ab eo salutem petunt: armis positis ad imperatoris fidem confugiunt.
2. missio, ōnis, f. (letting go): they fought, neither asking nor giving q., sine missione pugnatum est, Flor. 3, 20, fin.: a gladiatorial show without q. (à outrance), spectaculum sine missione, Liv. 1, 20 and, in secondary sense, to grant q. to (= let off): cf. missionem puero dedit, Petr. 52.
3. vīta, f.: to grant q., vitam dare, Ov. (cf. Cic. Phil. 2, 3, 5): to beg or cry for q., vitam orare, Virg.: v. poscere, Ov.: pro vita orare (Phaedr.) or supplicare. to receive q., v. accipere: cf. cum libentius vitam victor jam daret, quam victi acciperent, Vell. 2, 52.
4. vĕnĭa, f. (pardon): cf. paucis data venia, qui inermes in deditionem venerunt (q. being given to a few who threw down their arms and asked it, Liv. 2, 30): cf. veniam impetrare a victoribus, id. 37, 45: it is but fair that one who cries for q. should grant it in his turn, aequum est veniam poscentem reddere rursus, Hor. S. 1, 3, 75 (adapted): and in secondary sense of forbearance (as, to give no q. to a crime): cf. cui non apud Senatum maximorum scelerum venia ad ignoscendum duci possit, Cic. Pis. 41, 98.
5. dēdĭtĭo, ōnis, f. (surrender, capitulation), with suitable verbs: to ask for q., in d. venire, Liv. l. c. No. 4, d. facere (hosti), Sall.: to grant q., in d. accipere, Caes. B. G. 1, 28: recipere, id. ib. 3, 21.
6. To give or grant q.: parco, pĕperci (parsi), parcĭtum (parsum) 3, alicui, or vitae alicujus: cf. p. subjectis, Virg. Aen. 6, 854: cf. petunt atque orant ut sibi parcat, Caes. B. G. 6, 9: to give no q., nemini p., Curt.: cf. non aetate confectis, non mulieribus, non infantibus pepercerunt, Caes. B. G. 7, 28. The exclamation, Quarter! *parce! parcite! (by analogy).
7. Other Phrr.: (i.) To ask for q., manus dare: cf. manus vobis do, Pl. Pers. 5, 2, 72: cf. aut vicissent, aut victi manum dedissent, Nep. Ham. 1: manum tollĕre (to lift up the hand in sign of surrender): cf. cedo, et tollo manum, Cic. frag. in Lact. 3, 28: manus tendĕre: cf. ad legatos atque exercitum supplices manus tendunt, Caes. B. C. 2, 11: cf. (fig.) vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis, Cic. Cat. 4, 9, 18: to cry for q. while still unhurt, cf. partim interficiuntur, partim integri procumbunt, Caes.: (ironically) till he cries for q. with uplifted hands, donec "Ohe jam!" ad coelum manibus sublatis, dixerit, Hor. S. 2, 5, 96. (ii.) To give q.: he granted q. to the rest, a ceteris abstinuit, Liv. (iii.) To give no q., neminem vivum relinquĕre, id.: no q. was given, non in proeliis temperatum est, id.: Phrr. with caedo, caedes, internecio: he urged his soldiers to kill and give no q., orabat insisterent caedibus, Tac. A. 2, 21: no q. being given, omnibus caesis, Liv.: as q. was given neither to age nor sex, promiscua omnium generum caede, id. 2, 30: no q. was given to a single man, ad internecionem caesi sunt, id. 9, 26: they fought without q. on either side, armis inter se ad internecionem concurrerunt, Suet. Oth. 12.
I. The fourth part of anything:
1. quarta pars (gen. term): a q. of their forces, q. pars copiarum, Caes. B. G. 1, 12: also quarta (subs.), esp. a q. of an estate, Quint. 8, 5, 19: Ulp. Dig. 5, 2, 8: (half a q., octava pars, Cic. Att. 15, 26): hence adj. quartānārĭus, cf. q. tabula, Pall. 2, 11.
2. quadrans, tis, m.: (prop. 1-4th of some unit of measure or weight): with gen., cf. q. diei noctisque, Plin. 18, 25, 57: a q. of the work, q. operis, Col. 2, 4: absol. (the unit being understood). a q. of a foot: 12-1/4 feet, pedes XII. et quadrantem, Gell. 3, 10: a q. of a pint (sextarius), cf. Mart. 9, 94, quadrantem (vers. 2) = sex cyathos (vers. 4): a q. of an acre, q. (sc. jugeri), Col. 5, 1: a q. of a pound: cf. mittebas libram; quadrantem, Garrice, mittis, Mart. 12, 105 (here of money, you promised a pound, and you only send a q.): with pondo (for weight), 1/4 lb. of balsam, amomi pondo q., Col. 12, 20: heir to a q. (of any estate), heres ex quadrante, Suet. Caes. 83: (so, heir to 3 q.s, heres ex dodrante, Cic. Caec. 6). Hence adj. quadrantālis, a table a q. of a foot thick, mensa crassitudine quadrantali, Plin. 13, 15, 29.
3. Vitruv. alone uses the Gk. tetrans, antis, m. (τετρᾶς = quadrans): Vitr. 3, 3, med.: gen. pl. heterocl., tetrantorum, ib.: tetrantes columnarum, id. 4, 2.
4. The Vulg. uses angŭlus, m. (for the sides or edges of a garment): thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four q.s (
II. In geography and meteorology, a q. of the heavens or horizon (prop. the 4 cardinal points, but extended to "all the q.s that they know i' the shipman's card," Shaksp.): hence gen. of geographical position or distribution:
1. Expr. the several q.s by names taken from the daily course of the Sun and (for the N.) the arctic constellations: cf. Mela, 1, 1: omne, cui Mundi et Coeli nomen indidimus ... partibus differt: unde (the q. whence) sol oritur Oriens nuncupatur aut Ortus; quo demergitur, Occidens vel Occasus; qua decurrit, Meridies; ab adversa parte (the opp. q.), Septemtrio; cf. ib. fin. (of the 3 q.s of the world, Africa, Europe, and Asia), quod terrarum (that q. of the world which): more gen., on 3 q.s or sides, tribus hanc (Asiam) e partibus tangit Oceanus, id. 2, init.: cf. ab oriente ad occidentem, Cic. N. D. 2, 66: oriens, tis, m., also for different q.s: the q. where the sun rises in summer (at the solstice), oriens aestivus, Plin. 17, 14, 24: cf. Orientem solstitialem aspiciant, Pallad. 1, 9: in winter, oriens hibernus, Col. 1, 6: in spring (at the vernal equinox), oriens vernus, Gell. 2, 22: so with occidens: let it be turned a little away fr. the q. of the winter sunset, paululum ab occidente avertatur hiemali, Pallad. 1, 8: for the S. q. (besides mĕrīdĭes, ēi, m.), use adj.: the S. q. of the world, meridianus orbis, Plin. 13, 4, 9: also v. inf. v.
2. Expr. by the names of the Winds (see sep. arts., and Smith's Class. Dict. s. v.
3. pars, tis, f.: for what we call a q. of the world: cf. Mela, l. c. s. No. 1: cf. Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 4: quum orbis terrae divisus sit in duas partes (into 2 q.s) ab Eratosthene, maxime secundum naturam ad meridiem versus et ad septentriones: et sine dubio quoniam salubrior pars septentrionalis quam meridiana (the N.ern q. is healthier than the S.ern): (N.B.--More specifically, illa pars = Asia, and haec pars = Europa, ib.):--(of aspect) the land (or a field) which looks to the S.ern q. of the heavens, ager qui spectat ad meridianam coeli partem, id. 1, 7: fr. all q.s, ex omnibus p., ib.: cf. meridianam partem respiciat, Pallad. 1, 8: in calidis provinciis pars potius Septemtrionis optanda est (a N. aspect), id. ib. 7: more gen. (the Helvetii are bounded) on the one q., etc., una ex parte, altera ex parte, tertia, Caes. B. G. 1, 2.
4. rĕgĭo, ōnis, f. (direction): (the Nile) rising from the furthest mid-*day q. (i. e. the extreme S.), exoriens penitus media ab regione diei, Lucr. 6, 724: the N.ern q., the S.ern q., regio aquilonaris, australis, Cic. N. D. 2, 19, fin.: fr. the E.rn to the W.rn q.s of the earth, expr. poet. by surgente a sole ad eum quo vespertina tepet regio, Hor. S. 1, 4, 30: the q. within the arctic circle, regiones inter circulum septentrionalem (= ea parte, just below), Varr. 1, 2, 4: (perh.) for a q. of the world (Africa): deinde late vacat regio (or the particular q. of Africa in question), Mela, 1, 4, med.: (in wider sense) neu regio foret ulla suis animantibus orba (any q. of the earth), Ov. M. 1, 72: more specifically of a district; that Macedonia should be divided into 4 q.s, M. in IV. regiones dividi, Liv. 45, 29: v.
5. plăga, f. (lit. a surface, and used esp. for a
6. lŏcus, i, m.: usu. in pl. lŏci, lŏcă: to gather into one q., in unum locum convenire, Cic. Att. 8, 6: through all q.s of the city, Romae per omnes locos, Sall. J. 30: cf. Galli qui ea loca incolerent, Caes. B. G. 2, 4: in those q.s, in illis locis, Vulg. Act. xvi. 3, xxviii. 7.
7. ōra, f. Join: quacumque in ora ac parte terrarum, Cic. N. D. 2, 66: poet., rex gelidae orae, Hor. 1, 26, 4: (of aspect), to what q.s shrubs ought to be exposed, quas in oras (arbusta) debeant spectare, Plin. 17, 2, 2.
8. fīnes, ium, m. and f.: v.
9. terra, f., in pl.: cf. in quascunque terras, Cic. Rep. 2, 4: esp. as gen. partit.: that q. of the world which, quod terrarum, Mela, l. c., in No. 1: cf. No. 10.
10. Expr. by the pron. advs., eo, quo; ibi, ubi; inde, unde, etc., alone, or with terrarum or gentium (sometimes loci and -orum), as gen. partit.: (many exs. of the simple advs. in phrr. trans. by the Eng. advs.): to Rome or to any other q., Romam aliove quo, Liv. 38, 30: to what q., quo gentium, Pl. Bac. 4, 7, 33; quocunque, Hor. Od. 1, 7, 25; Cic. Verr. 5, 65: to whatever q. of the world, quoquo gentium, Pl. Merc. 5, 2, 17: cf. quoquo hinc asportabitur terrarum, certum est persequi, Ter. Ph. 3, 3, 18: from what q., unde gentium, Pl. Epid. 3, 4, 47: in what q. (colloq., where in the world), cf. ubi terrarum esses, ne suspicabar quidem, Cic. Att. 5, 10: in whatever q., ubicunque, Hor. Od. 3, 27, 13: ubicunque locorum vivitis, id. Ep. 1, 3, 34: ubicunque erit gentium, Cic. N. D. 1, 44, 121: qui ubicunque terrarum sunt, id. Phil. 2, 44, 113: in whatever q. of the wide world, Join, ubicunque terrarum et gentium violatum jus civium Romanorum sit, id. Verr. 5, 55, 143: in what q. of the world are we living? ubinam gentium sumus? id. Cat. 1, 4, 9: in no q. of the world, nusquam gentium, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 1: to whatever q. you please, quovis gentium, id. Heaut. 5, 1, 55: you dwell in a remote q., tu abes longe gentium, Cic. Att. 6, 3: from every q., undique: cf. omnes undique copiae conferuntur, Cic. Rep. 3, 17: they came to him from every q., conveniebant ad eum undique, Vulg. Marc. i. 45: to collect from all q.s, undique cogere (familiam), Caes. B. G. 1, 4: from what q. soever, undecunque: in tmesi; poet.; unde vacefit cunque locus, Lucr. 6, 1016: cf. undecunque moti sunt (fluctus), Sen. Vit. Beat. 27, med.: with gentium, undecunque gentium venissent, Vop. Firm 14: expr. also by adjs.: Phr.: nor could the wind blow from any q. so as to prevent, neque ullus flare ventus poterat, quin, Caes. B. C. 3, 47. Expr. by the persons in the q.: while he passed through all q.s, dum pertransiret universos, Vulg. Act. ix. 32: and so with prop. names. Note, in the sense of direction the Vulg. uses via: every one to his q., unusquisque in viam suam erraverunt, Is. xlvii. 15 (cf. id. lvi. 11).
III. Hence abode, lodging, station (very rare in sing.): v.
IV. The grant of life to a conquered enemy: no specific word: the foll. may sometimes serve:
1. sălus, ūtis, f.: cf. they ask q., and, laying down their arms, throw themselves on the general's protection, *ab eo salutem petunt: armis positis ad imperatoris fidem confugiunt.
2. missio, ōnis, f. (letting go): they fought, neither asking nor giving q., sine missione pugnatum est, Flor. 3, 20, fin.: a gladiatorial show without q. (à outrance), spectaculum sine missione, Liv. 1, 20 and, in secondary sense, to grant q. to (= let off): cf. missionem puero dedit, Petr. 52.
3. vīta, f.: to grant q., vitam dare, Ov. (cf. Cic. Phil. 2, 3, 5): to beg or cry for q., vitam orare, Virg.: v. poscere, Ov.: pro vita orare (Phaedr.) or supplicare. to receive q., v. accipere: cf. cum libentius vitam victor jam daret, quam victi acciperent, Vell. 2, 52.
4. vĕnĭa, f. (pardon): cf. paucis data venia, qui inermes in deditionem venerunt (q. being given to a few who threw down their arms and asked it, Liv. 2, 30): cf. veniam impetrare a victoribus, id. 37, 45: it is but fair that one who cries for q. should grant it in his turn, aequum est veniam poscentem reddere rursus, Hor. S. 1, 3, 75 (adapted): and in secondary sense of forbearance (as, to give no q. to a crime): cf. cui non apud Senatum maximorum scelerum venia ad ignoscendum duci possit, Cic. Pis. 41, 98.
5. dēdĭtĭo, ōnis, f. (surrender, capitulation), with suitable verbs: to ask for q., in d. venire, Liv. l. c. No. 4, d. facere (hosti), Sall.: to grant q., in d. accipere, Caes. B. G. 1, 28: recipere, id. ib. 3, 21.
6. To give or grant q.: parco, pĕperci (parsi), parcĭtum (parsum) 3, alicui, or vitae alicujus: cf. p. subjectis, Virg. Aen. 6, 854: cf. petunt atque orant ut sibi parcat, Caes. B. G. 6, 9: to give no q., nemini p., Curt.: cf. non aetate confectis, non mulieribus, non infantibus pepercerunt, Caes. B. G. 7, 28. The exclamation, Quarter! *parce! parcite! (by analogy).
7. Other Phrr.: (i.) To ask for q., manus dare: cf. manus vobis do, Pl. Pers. 5, 2, 72: cf. aut vicissent, aut victi manum dedissent, Nep. Ham. 1: manum tollĕre (to lift up the hand in sign of surrender): cf. cedo, et tollo manum, Cic. frag. in Lact. 3, 28: manus tendĕre: cf. ad legatos atque exercitum supplices manus tendunt, Caes. B. C. 2, 11: cf. (fig.) vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis, Cic. Cat. 4, 9, 18: to cry for q. while still unhurt, cf. partim interficiuntur, partim integri procumbunt, Caes.: (ironically) till he cries for q. with uplifted hands, donec "Ohe jam!" ad coelum manibus sublatis, dixerit, Hor. S. 2, 5, 96. (ii.) To give q.: he granted q. to the rest, a ceteris abstinuit, Liv. (iii.) To give no q., neminem vivum relinquĕre, id.: no q. was given, non in proeliis temperatum est, id.: Phrr. with caedo, caedes, internecio: he urged his soldiers to kill and give no q., orabat insisterent caedibus, Tac. A. 2, 21: no q. being given, omnibus caesis, Liv.: as q. was given neither to age nor sex, promiscua omnium generum caede, id. 2, 30: no q. was given to a single man, ad internecionem caesi sunt, id. 9, 26: they fought without q. on either side, armis inter se ad internecionem concurrerunt, Suet. Oth. 12.
quarter (v.), also the subs. in phrr. = verb:
I. To divide into 4 parts, or q.s (and sometimes indef. =TO PART : cf. TO DIVIDE : TO CUT : TO CLEAVE , etc.): expr. by verbs of these meanings, usu. with in IV. partes, quadrĭfărĭam, adv., or quadrĭfĭdus (adj.), as:
A. In gen. sense:
1. dīvĭdo, vīsi, vīsum, 3: quadrifariam div.: cf. conjurati quadrifariam se diviserunt, Liv. 38, 1 in IV. partes div. (like Gallia in III. partes divisa est, Caes. B. G. 1, 1: vicus in II. partes flumine dividebatur, id. ib. 3, 1): cf. qui (fluvius) inde dividitur in IV. capita, Vulg. Gen. ii. 10: cf. diviserunt sibi (among them) vestimenta mea, Vulg. Ps. xxi. 9 (xxii. 18), compared with id. Matt. xxvii. 35; Marc. xv. 24; Luc. xxiii. 34; Joh. xix. 23, et fecerunt IV. partes.
2. dispertĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, to q. in the way of distribution: (and sometimes the simple partĭo): cf. epulas trifariam semper, interdum quadrifariam dispertiebat, Suet. Vit. 13: (fig., to divide into 4 heads), cf. ea quae ad mortales pertinent quadrifariam dispertirem, in homines, in loca, in tempora, in res, Varr. in Non. 92, 16.
3. distrĭbŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3: in IV. partes dist. (like reliquum populum distribuit in V. classes, Cic. Rep. 2, 22: copias in III. partes, Caes. B. G. 6, 32: cf. No. II.).
B. By violent action: to cut, cleave, tear, etc., into q.s: Esp. to q. the human body, and usu. as a mode of execution: (including the gen. sense of cutting up, or tearing limb from limb: cf.TO DISMEMBER ).
1. scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3: he cleft the oak into 4 q.s with wedges, quadrifidam quercum cuneis scindebat, Virg. Aen. 7, 509: cf. Vulg. Joh. xix. 23, non scindamus eam (tunicam): also comp. discindo. Also findo, 3; and comp. diffindo.
2. sĕco, ŭi, ctum, 1. Join. to q. and divide among them the body, secare atque partiri corpus (of a debtor to several creditors), Gell. 20, 1: comp. dissĕco (like, multos medios dis. Suet. Cal. 27), and gen. expr. by verbs signifyingTO CUT : cf. corpus in partes (IV.) concidere, Petron. 141, 2.
3. dīvĭdo, 3. Join: si omne animal secari ac dividi potest (cut up and q.'d), Cic. N. D. 3, 12 (adapted): to chop into 4 q.s, quadrifariam aliquem securi div. (by analogy to Hor. S. 1, 1, 100, at hunc liberta securi divisit medium).
4. distrăho, xi, ctum, 3: esp. of the case of Mettius Fufetius (though, strictly, he was halved, not q.'d, but the idea is exactly parallel): v. Liv. 1, 28, and Varr. in Non. 287, 22: your body shall be severed into q.s, corpus passim distrahendum dabis, Liv. l. c.: to q. a criminal and expose the q.s: cf. in partes duas [substitute IV.] distractum ab utroque viae latere posuit, Sen. de Ira, 5, 16, fin. Join: membra divellere ac distrah., Cic. Sull. 20, ad fin.
5. dīrīpĭo, ŭi, reptum, 3, to tear in q.s: cf. Pentheum diripuisse aiunt Bacchas, Pl. Merc. 2, 4, 1: cf. Sunt membra viri manibus direpta nefandis, Ov. M. 3, 731.
6. discerpo, psi, ptum, 3, to tear a person into q.s, aliquem, Liv. 1, 16: a carcass, cadaver, Suet. Dom. 15: a bird, avem, id. Caes. 81: cf. membra gruis, disc., Hor. S. 2, 8, 86. Join (fig.), animus nec secerni nec dividi nec discerpi nec distrahi potest, Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71.
7. lăcĕro, 1: to q. slowly limb by limb, paulatim et per singulos artus lac., Sen. de Ira, 3, 18: and dīlăcĕro: also lănĭo, 1, and dīlănĭo (to rend in q.s, rare).
8. dĕartŭo, 1, to q. limb from limb (very rare): (fig.) Pl. Capt. 3, 4, 108: cf. id. ib. 3, 5, 14.
9. excarnĭfĭco, 1 (rare): Cic. N. D. 3, 33, ad fin.: Suet. Vit. 17;
II. Trans.: to provide q.s for (a person, army, etc.), intr. to take up one's q.s with, to be q.'d upon: v.QUARTERS .
III. In heraldry: to q. arms:
A. of the herald, *insignia per scutum ordinare, dividere, disponere, partiri:
B. of the bearer, *insignia sumere; sibi accommodare; in scutum suum reponere.
I. To divide into 4 parts, or q.s (and sometimes indef. =
A. In gen. sense:
1. dīvĭdo, vīsi, vīsum, 3: quadrifariam div.: cf. conjurati quadrifariam se diviserunt, Liv. 38, 1 in IV. partes div. (like Gallia in III. partes divisa est, Caes. B. G. 1, 1: vicus in II. partes flumine dividebatur, id. ib. 3, 1): cf. qui (fluvius) inde dividitur in IV. capita, Vulg. Gen. ii. 10: cf. diviserunt sibi (among them) vestimenta mea, Vulg. Ps. xxi. 9 (xxii. 18), compared with id. Matt. xxvii. 35; Marc. xv. 24; Luc. xxiii. 34; Joh. xix. 23, et fecerunt IV. partes.
2. dispertĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, to q. in the way of distribution: (and sometimes the simple partĭo): cf. epulas trifariam semper, interdum quadrifariam dispertiebat, Suet. Vit. 13: (fig., to divide into 4 heads), cf. ea quae ad mortales pertinent quadrifariam dispertirem, in homines, in loca, in tempora, in res, Varr. in Non. 92, 16.
3. distrĭbŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3: in IV. partes dist. (like reliquum populum distribuit in V. classes, Cic. Rep. 2, 22: copias in III. partes, Caes. B. G. 6, 32: cf. No. II.).
B. By violent action: to cut, cleave, tear, etc., into q.s: Esp. to q. the human body, and usu. as a mode of execution: (including the gen. sense of cutting up, or tearing limb from limb: cf.
1. scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3: he cleft the oak into 4 q.s with wedges, quadrifidam quercum cuneis scindebat, Virg. Aen. 7, 509: cf. Vulg. Joh. xix. 23, non scindamus eam (tunicam): also comp. discindo. Also findo, 3; and comp. diffindo.
2. sĕco, ŭi, ctum, 1. Join. to q. and divide among them the body, secare atque partiri corpus (of a debtor to several creditors), Gell. 20, 1: comp. dissĕco (like, multos medios dis. Suet. Cal. 27), and gen. expr. by verbs signifying
3. dīvĭdo, 3. Join: si omne animal secari ac dividi potest (cut up and q.'d), Cic. N. D. 3, 12 (adapted): to chop into 4 q.s, quadrifariam aliquem securi div. (by analogy to Hor. S. 1, 1, 100, at hunc liberta securi divisit medium).
4. distrăho, xi, ctum, 3: esp. of the case of Mettius Fufetius (though, strictly, he was halved, not q.'d, but the idea is exactly parallel): v. Liv. 1, 28, and Varr. in Non. 287, 22: your body shall be severed into q.s, corpus passim distrahendum dabis, Liv. l. c.: to q. a criminal and expose the q.s: cf. in partes duas [substitute IV.] distractum ab utroque viae latere posuit, Sen. de Ira, 5, 16, fin. Join: membra divellere ac distrah., Cic. Sull. 20, ad fin.
5. dīrīpĭo, ŭi, reptum, 3, to tear in q.s: cf. Pentheum diripuisse aiunt Bacchas, Pl. Merc. 2, 4, 1: cf. Sunt membra viri manibus direpta nefandis, Ov. M. 3, 731.
6. discerpo, psi, ptum, 3, to tear a person into q.s, aliquem, Liv. 1, 16: a carcass, cadaver, Suet. Dom. 15: a bird, avem, id. Caes. 81: cf. membra gruis, disc., Hor. S. 2, 8, 86. Join (fig.), animus nec secerni nec dividi nec discerpi nec distrahi potest, Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71.
7. lăcĕro, 1: to q. slowly limb by limb, paulatim et per singulos artus lac., Sen. de Ira, 3, 18: and dīlăcĕro: also lănĭo, 1, and dīlănĭo (to rend in q.s, rare).
8. dĕartŭo, 1, to q. limb from limb (very rare): (fig.) Pl. Capt. 3, 4, 108: cf. id. ib. 3, 5, 14.
9. excarnĭfĭco, 1 (rare): Cic. N. D. 3, 33, ad fin.: Suet. Vit. 17;
II. Trans.: to provide q.s for (a person, army, etc.), intr. to take up one's q.s with, to be q.'d upon: v.
III. In heraldry: to q. arms:
A. of the herald, *insignia per scutum ordinare, dividere, disponere, partiri:
B. of the bearer, *insignia sumere; sibi accommodare; in scutum suum reponere.