quaternī ae, a, genplur. nūm, numdistr.
quater, four each, by fours, four at a time : quaternos denarios in singulas vini amphoras exegisse: quaternae cohortes ex V legionibus, i. e. four from each legion , Cs.: Saepe tribus lectis videas cenare quaternos, H.: quattuor legionibus quaternūm milium scriptis, L.