Quarter vs Sicilicus - What's the difference?
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Pertaining to an aspect of a .
(chiefly) Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (1/4, 25%).
* A quarter''' hour; a '''quarter''' century; a '''quarter''' note; a '''quarter pound.
(chiefly) Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year.
* A quarter day is one terminating a quarter of the year.
* A quarter session is one held quarterly at the end of a quarter.
Any one of four equal parts into which something has been divided.
(US, Canada) A coin worth 25 cents (1/4 of a dollar).
A period of three consecutive months (1/4 of a year).
A section or area (of a town, etc.).
(uncountable) Accommodation granted to a defeated opponent
* 1955 , J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King , HarperCollinsPublishers (2007), p. 1110.
An old English measure of corn, containing 8 bushels.
* 1882 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , volume 4, p. 204.
An old English measure of cloth, nine inches or four nails
(historical) Each of the four divisions or watches of a twelve-hour night.
* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Mark VI:
(heraldiccharge) A charge made up of a quarter of the shield, larger than a canton, and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
That part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, being the side of the coffin.
* 1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty) Chapter 23[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/23]
(nautical) The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.
(obsolete) Friendship; amity; concord.
* Shakespeare
* Francis Bacon
A quartermaster sergeant; a quartermaster.
* 1925 , (Ford Madox Ford), No More Parades'', Penguin 2012 (''Parade's End ), p. 360:
To divide into quarters.
To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
(obsolete) To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.
(Roman measurements) A unit of weight equal to one quarter of an uncia.
* 1830 , Journal of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy , volume 1,
* 1859 , Sir William Smith, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities ,
A diacritic, resembling a 180-rotated ‘C’ (i.e. , being similar in appearance to ? ? ?), written atop a consonant to mark gemination, superseded in Classical Latin by doubling the letter representing the geminated consonant.
* 1925 , Sir John Edwin Sandys, A Companion to Latin Studies (3rd edition; Cambridge University Press),
As nouns the difference between quarter and sicilicus
is that quarter is any one of four equal parts into which something has been divided while sicilicus is (roman measurements) a unit of weight equal to one quarter of an uncia or sicilicus can be a diacritic, resembling a 180-rotated ‘c’ (ie , being similar in appearance to ⟨ ᵓ ⟩), written atop a consonant to mark gemination, superseded in classical latin by doubling the letter representing the geminated consonant.As an adjective quarter
is pertaining to an aspect of a.As a verb quarter
is to divide into quarters or quarter can be (obsolete) to drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.quarter
English
Etymology 1
Via (etyl) quartier, from (etyl) quartarius, from quartus.Adjective
(-) (also spelled with prefix (quarter-))Derived terms
* quarter blanket * quarter bottle * quarter century * quarter crack * quarter day * quarter final * quarter horse * quarter hour * quarter moon * quarter note * quarter pound * quarter session * quarter waiter * quarter yearNoun
- Hard fighting and long labour they had still; for the Southrons were bold men and grim, and fierce in despair, and the Easterlings were strong and war-hardened and asked for no quarter .
- One of these is 1 Hen. V, cap. 10, defining the quarter of corn to be eight struck bushels, and putting fines on purveyors who take more.
- And aboute the fourth quartre of the nyght, he cam unto them, walkinge apon the see [...].
- ...at last she kicked right over the carriage pole and fell down, after giving me a severe blow on my near quarter .
- In quarter , and in terms like bride and groom.
- I knew two that were competitors for the secretary's place, and yet kept good quarter between themselves.
- Tietjens said: ‘Send the Canadian sergeant-major to me at the double….’ to the quarter .
Synonyms
* (one of four equal parts ): fourth, fourth part, * (period of three consecutive months ): trimester * (section of a town ): borough, district, regionDerived terms
* fat quarter * quarterly * quarters * quarter of * quarter past * quarter toVerb
(en verb)- Quarter the horses in the third stable.
References
; Adjective *"quarter"at Merriam-Webster * "quarter" in Harrap's Shorter , 2006, p. 761
Etymology 2
(etyl) cartayerVerb
(en verb)- Every creature that met us would rely on us for quartering — De Quincey.
sicilicus
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(sicilici)page 182:
- Both the pounds were therefore divided alike into 15 ores, that is, ounces; the ores into 4 skyllings, the sicilici of the Romans, and the skyllings into 4 pence by the Saxons, while the Danes used the mark of 20 skyllings, and the skylling of 2 mancuses.
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- UNCIA (), the twelfth part of the As or Libra, is derived by Varro from unus'', as being the unit of the divisions of the as (''L. L.'' v. 171, Müller). It was subdivided into 2 ''semunciae'', 3 ''duellae'', 4 ''sicilici'' , 6 ''sextulae'', 24 ''scrupula'', and 144 ''siliquae .
Synonyms
* (Roman measurement) (l)Etymology 2
From the (etyl) sicilicus, the diminutive form of , so named because of its falciformity.Noun
(sicilici)page 743:
- It is stated by grammarians that a sicilicus or laterally inverted was placed above a consonant which was to be regarded as a doubled letter.