Webster's Dictionary -1913
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2002 6:21 pm
At 02:45 PM 3/7/02, you wrote:
From previous discussions about fevers, I looked up: quotidian -> from
"quotus how many + dies day" -> meaning: returning daily. That helps.
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Quotidian (Page: 1181)
Quo*tid"i*an (?) a. [OE. cotidian, L. quotidianus, fr. quotidie daily;
quotus how many + dies day: cf. OF. cotidien, F. quotidien. See Quota,
Deity.] Occurring or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever.
From previous discussions about fevers, I looked up: quotidian -> from
"quotus how many + dies day" -> meaning: returning daily. That helps.
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Quotidian (Page: 1181)
Quo*tid"i*an (?) a. [OE. cotidian, L. quotidianus, fr. quotidie daily;
quotus how many + dies day: cf. OF. cotidien, F. quotidien. See Quota,
Deity.] Occurring or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever.