quadrans
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin quadrāns. Doublet of quadrant.
Noun
editquadrans (plural quadrantes)
Latin
edit← 3 | IV 4 |
5 → |
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Cardinal: quattuor Ordinal: quārtus Adverbial: quater Proportional: quadruplus Multiplier: quadruplex Distributive: quaternus, quadrīnus Collective: quaterniō Fractional: quadrāns, teruncius |
Etymology
editFrom quattuor (“four”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkʷa.drans/, [ˈkʷäd̪rä̃ːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkwa.drans/, [ˈkwäːd̪räns]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkʷad.rans/, [ˈkʷäd̪rä̃ːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkwad.rans/, [ˈkwäd̪räns]
Noun
editquadrāns m (genitive quadrantis); third declension
- A fourth part of something, quarter, farthing.
- The fourth part of an as, quarter of an as, three unciae.
- A quarter-digit.
- (as a liquid measure) The fourth part of a sextārius, quarter of a sextārius.
- (as a weight) A quarter of a Roman pound.
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | quadrāns | quadrantēs |
Genitive | quadrantis | quadrantum |
Dative | quadrantī | quadrantibus |
Accusative | quadrantem | quadrantēs |
Ablative | quadrante | quadrantibus |
Vocative | quadrāns | quadrantēs |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- Catalan: quadrant
- → English: quadrans, quadrant
- French: quadrant
- → German: Quadrant
- → Polish: kwadrant
- Italian: quadrante
- Middle French: quadran
- → Dutch: kwadrant
- → Polish: kwadrans
- Portuguese: quadrante
- Spanish: cuadrante
- → Russian: квадрант (kvadrant)
See also
editReferences
edit- “quadrans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quadrans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quadrans in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- quadrans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- 3 per cent (a quarter of centesima): quadrantes usurae
- 3 per cent (a quarter of centesima): quadrantes usurae
- “quadrans”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quadrans in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “quadrans”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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