quaternio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

quăternĭo, ōnis, m. [quaterni],

I the number four , a quaternion , Mart. Cap. 7, § 767.— Esp.,

B On dice, a quatre (postclass.), Isid. 18, 65.—

C A body of four soldiers , a quaternion , Vulg. Act. 12, 4.