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Quorta
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Latin
Etymology
According to Prósper, from the monophthongization of earlier itc-pro *kʷawrtos, itself dissimilated from itc-pro *kʷaturtos, from la itc-pro *kʷeturtos.9 Alternatively, the term has been explained as the result of la ine-pro *kʷetwr̥tós yielding itc-pro *kʷetwortos, whence itc-pro *kʷewortos via the dissimilatory loss of itc-pro *-t-, which developed into itc-pro *kʷowortos, ultimately contracting into la *quōrtos.410 12
Pronunciation
Quōrta
Proper noun
Quōrta<1> f la Praenestine
la female
EDCS-19700134.
la Quorta Tondia / L(uci) f(ilia) Quorta Tondia, daughter of Lucius
Declension
Quōrta<1>
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