quadrans

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin quadrāns.

NounEdit

quadrans (plural quadrantes)

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

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From quattuor (“four”).

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷa.drans/, [ˈkʷa.drãːs]

NounEdit

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.

InflectionEdit

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	quadrāns	quadrantēs
genitive	quadrantis	quadrantum
dative	quadrantī	quadrantibus
accusative	quadrantem	quadrantēs
ablative	quadrante	quadrantibus
vocative	quadrāns	quadrantēs

Derived termsEdit

• quadrantal
• quadrantālis
• quadrantārius

Related termsEdit

• quattuor

DescendantsEdit

• English: quadrans, quadrant
• French: cadran, quadrant
• Italian: quadrante
• Portuguese: quadrante
• Russian: квадрант (kvadrant)

See alsoEdit

• octāns
• sextāns

ReferencesEdit

• 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
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “quadrans”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “quadrans” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) 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