quadrantal
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin quadrantal.
Noun edit
quadrantal (plural quadrantals)
- An ancient Roman unit of measure for liquids.
- cube
Etymology 2 edit
From Latin quadrantālis (“quarter, containing the fourth part of a measure”).
Adjective edit
quadrantal (not comparable)
- (geometry) Of or relating to a quadrant, or included in the fourth part of a circle.
- quadrantal space; quadrantal triangle; quadrantal versor
Derived terms edit
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷaˈdran.tal/, [kʷäˈd̪rän̪t̪äɫ̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwaˈdran.tal/, [kwäˈd̪rän̪t̪äl]
Noun edit
quadrantal n (genitive quadrantālis); third declension
- quadrantal (a unit of volume for liquids; one quadrantal is 8 congiī or approximately 26 litres)
- Synonym: amphora f
- (geometry, rare) cube
- Synonym: cubus m
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | quadrantal | quadrantālia |
| Genitive | quadrantālis | quadrantālium |
| Dative | quadrantālī | quadrantālibus |
| Accusative | quadrantal | quadrantālia |
| Ablative | quadrantālī | quadrantālibus |
| Vocative | quadrantal | quadrantālia |
References edit
- “quadrantal”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- quadrantal in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.