Re: IE numbers

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 10081
Date: 2001-10-09

I suppose what was meant was <-quetrus> as in <triquetrus> 'three-
cornered, triangular'.

Piotr


--- In cybalist@..., dmilt1896@... wrote:
> "I am tempted to treat 4 ... as later invention made from "the
> corners number" (Latin "quetrum" > = corner)"
>
> What is this "quetrum"? It's not in my Cassell or any of the on-
line
> dictionaries I can find.