quadripartio

quā̆drĭ-partĭo, no perf., ītum, 4, v. a., and quā̆drĭ-pertĭor, īri, 4, v. dep. [quattuor-partio], to divide into four parts (in the verb. finit. post-class.):

quadripartitur exercitus,

Dict. Cret. 1, 19.— Dep.:

quadripartiretur,

Not. Tir. p. 109.— Hence, quā̆drĭpartītus ( quā̆drĭpert- ), a, um, P. a., divided into four parts, consisting of four parts, fourfold, quadripartite (class.):

distributio accusationis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 33:

commutationes temporum,

fourfold, four, id. Tusc. 1, 28, 68:

divisio,

id. N. D. 3, 3, 6:

oratio,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 31 Müll.:

distinctio,

Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 88:

ratio,

Quint. 1, 5, 38; 3, 6, 87:

exercitus,

Tac. A. 13, 39:

praesidia,

id. H. 5, 20. — Adv.: quā̆drĭ-partītō, in four divisions or parts, quadripartitely:

bracchia locare,

Col. 4, 26, 3.