τέταρτος, η, ον,
Epic dialect also τέτρᾰτος (which see), Boeotian dialect πέτρᾰτος (which see), fourth, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.301, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II τὸ τέταρτον as adverb, the fourth time, [[ 5.438, etc.: without _Article_, ] Refs]fourthly, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 266e: regular ] Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb -τως, fourfold, [[ [prev. author] “Ti.” 86a. ] Refs]
__II.2 (i.e. μέρος) a quarter, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.50, “POxy.” 1293.25 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III ἡ τετάρτη:
__III.1 (i.e. ἡμέρα) the fourth day, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 800, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.8.21. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__III.2 (i.e. μοῖρα) a liquid measure, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.57 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—also, a measure of weight, λαβὼν χρυσοῦ τετάρτας <β> [[ “PMag.Leid.V.” 6.24, compare 6.22. ] Refs]
__III.2.b a fourth part, ἐπὶ τετάρταις ἐργάζονται τῶν καρπῶν [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 15.1.40. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III.3 tax of[[ 25%, τ. ἐπὶ τοῖς καρποῖς 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Μιθριδάτειος” 83, compare “SIG” 4.8 (Cyzicus, 6th c.BC)] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ὧν τετάρτη goods which pay a tax of 25%, [[ “PCair.Zen.” 12.59, 70, +others (3rd c.BC); τ. σιτοποιῶν [prev. work] 206.34 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]