τεταρταῖος, τεταρταια, τεταρταιον (τέταρτος), an ordinal numeral, used in answer to the question on what day? one who does or suffers a thing till the fourth day or on the fourth day: τεταρταῖος ἐστιν, i. e. he has been four days in the tomb, or it is the fourth day since he was buried (A. V. he hath been dead four days), Joh 11:39 (ἤδη γάρ ἦσαν πεμπταιοι, already five days dead, Xenophon, an. 6, 4 (2), 9).