quadrans

English

Etymology

From Latin quadrāns. Doublet of quadrant.

Noun

quadrans (plural quadrantes)

1. A bronze coin of the Roman republic worth one quarter of an as.

Latin

Latin numbers ^(edit)

←  3	IV 4	5  →
Cardinal: quattuor     Ordinal: quārtus     Adverbial: quater     Proportional: quadruplus     Multiplier: quadruplex     Distributive: quaternus, quadrīnus     Collective: quaterniō     Fractional: quadrāns, teruncius

Etymology

From quattuor (“four”).

Pronunciation

• (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

quadrāns m (genitive quadrantis); third declension

1. A fourth part of something, quarter, farthing.
2. The fourth part of an as, quarter of an as, three unciae.
3. A quarter-digit.
4. (as a liquid measure) The fourth part of a sextārius, quarter of a sextārius.
5. (as a weight) A quarter of a Roman pound.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	quadrāns	quadrantēs
Genitive	quadrantis	quadrantum
Dative	quadrantī	quadrantibus
Accusative	quadrantem	quadrantēs
Ablative	quadrante	quadrantibus
Vocative	quadrāns	quadrantēs

Derived terms

• quadrantal
• quadrantālis
• quadrantārius

Related terms

• quattuor

Descendants

• Catalan: quadrant
• → English: quadrans, quadrant
• French: quadrant
• → German: Quadrant
  • → Polish: kwadrant
• Italian: quadrante
• Middle French: quadran
  • French: cadran
    • → Romanian: cadran
• → Dutch: kwadrant
• → Polish: kwadrans
• Portuguese: quadrante
• Spanish: cuadrante
• → Russian: квадрант (kvadrant)

See also

• octāns
• sextāns

References

• “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
    
• “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