quaternateadj.

Brit.

/kwəˈtəːnət/, U.S.

/kwɑˈtərneɪt/,

/kwɑˈtərnət/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quaternatus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin quaternatus (1753 or earlier) < classical Latin quaternī (see quatern adj.) + -ātus -ate suffix². Compare French quaterné (1803, originally with reference to leaves). Compare slightly later ternate adj., quinate adj., quatern adj.

Chiefly Botany.

Arranged in, or forming, a set or sets of four; composed of four parts.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > four > [adjective] > fourfold

fourfoldc1000

quatreblea1398

quadruplate?a1505

four-double1527

quadruple1557

quadruplex1606

quadrupled1607

quadruplicate1654

quadrifariousa1745

quaternate1753

quadriplicate1890

tetraplous1899

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Leaf Quaternate Leaves.

1836 M. J. Berkeley in J. E. Smith Eng. Flora V. ii. 341 Quaternate..sporiferous branchlets.

1867 J. Hogg Microscope (ed. 6) ii. i. 295 The Sarcina ventriculi, with its remarkable-looking quaternate spores.

1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 391 With a long stalk and a quaternate lamina.

1908 Scott's Autumn List Lady Beauclerc and Socialism is the title of the last book of the Rev. H. T. Perfect's quaternate work on Lady Beauclerc's life.

1989 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 76 561/2 Leaves opposite, ternate or occasionally quaternate.

Compounds

† quaternate pinnate adj. Obsolete rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) Gloss. 1103/2 Quaternate-pinnate, pinnate; the pinnæ being arranged in fours.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quaternate
释义	quaternateadj. Brit. /kwəˈtəːnət/, U.S. /kwɑˈtərneɪt/, /kwɑˈtərnət/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quaternatus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin quaternatus (1753 or earlier) < classical Latin quaternī (see quatern adj.) + -ātus -ate suffix². Compare French quaterné (1803, originally with reference to leaves). Compare slightly later ternate adj., quinate adj., quatern adj. Chiefly Botany. Arranged in, or forming, a set or sets of four; composed of four parts. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > four > [adjective] > fourfold fourfoldc1000 quatreblea1398 quadruplate?a1505 four-double1527 quadruple1557 quadruplex1606 quadrupled1607 quadruplicate1654 quadrifariousa1745 quaternate1753 quadriplicate1890 tetraplous1899 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Leaf Quaternate Leaves. 1836 M. J. Berkeley in J. E. Smith Eng. Flora V. ii. 341 Quaternate..sporiferous branchlets. 1867 J. Hogg Microscope (ed. 6) ii. i. 295 The Sarcina ventriculi, with its remarkable-looking quaternate spores. 1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 391 With a long stalk and a quaternate lamina. 1908 Scott's Autumn List Lady Beauclerc and Socialism is the title of the last book of the Rev. H. T. Perfect's quaternate work on Lady Beauclerc's life. 1989 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 76 561/2 Leaves opposite, ternate or occasionally quaternate. Compounds † quaternate pinnate adj. Obsolete rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) Gloss. 1103/2 Quaternate-pinnate, pinnate; the pinnæ being arranged in fours. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1753
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