quarterly (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Containing a quarter1. Gen. quadrĭpartītus2. specific caseII. Recurring every q. of a year • quarterly (adj.): I. Containing a quarter: or, consisting of, or divided into, 4 parts. 1. Gen. quadrĭpartītus: the q. changes of the seasons, commutationes temporum q., Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68: also, quadrĭfărius: cf. q. divisio, Cass. Varr. 3, 51: also, quadrĭfĭdus: cf. (fig.) q. labor, Claud. Cons. Probr. et Olybr. 268. 2. specific case: containing a q. of a year: trĭmestris: trimestre spatium (a period of three months), Plin. 37, 10, 59. II. Recurring every q. of a year: *tertio quoque mense (by analogy): or rather, according to the Latin computation, *quarto quoque mense (every 4th month, i. e. at the end of every three): also perh. trimestris: a q. account or settlement of money, *ratio, computatio, trimestris: *ratio tertio quoque mense confecta: a q. payment, i. e. (1) a q.'s pay, *quarta pars annuae mercedis: (2) a sum to be paid q., pensiones trimestres (Ai.): *pecunia tertio quoque mense solvenda, or quolibet spatio trimestri (Ai.), or tertio quoque mense.