τέταρτος
tetartos
fourth
Appears 22 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
τέταρτος, η, ον, Ep. also τέτρᾰτος (q.v.), Boeot. πέτρᾰτος (q.v.),
‹ All lexicon entries fourth, Il. 23.301, etc.
II. τὸ τέταρτον as Adv., the fourth time, 5.438, etc.: without Art., fourthly, Phdr. 266e: regul. Adv. -τως, fourfold, Ti. 86a.
2. (sc. μέρος) a quarter, 1.50, POxy. 1293.25 (ii A.D.).
III. ἡ τετάρτη:
1. (sc. ἡμέρα) the fourth day, Op. 800, An. 4.8.21.
2. (sc. μοῖρα) a liquid measure, 6.57:—also, a measure of weight, λαβὼν χρυσοῦ τετάρτας <β> PMag.Leid.V. 6.24, cf. 6.22.
b. a fourth part, ἐπὶ τετάρταις ἐργάζονται τῶν καρπῶν 15.1.40.
3. tax of 25%, τ. ἐπὶ τοῖς καρποῖς Mith. 83, cf. SIG 4.8 (Cyzicus, vi B.C.); ὧν τετάρτη goods which pay a tax of 25%, PCair.Zen. 12.59, 70, al. (iii B.C.); τ. σιτοποιῶν ib. 206.34 (iii B.C.).
IV. Τέταρτος, ὁ, a month in Locris, GDI 1901.2, 2097.5 (Delph., ii B.C.). (Skt. caturthás, Lith. ketviȓtas, Lat. quartus, etc.: l.-E. qṷeturto- and qṷetṷṛto-.)