quadratum

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Latin

quadrātum (a square)

Etymology

From quadrātus, perfect passive participle of quadrō (“make square”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʷaˈdraː.tum/, [kʷaˈdraː.tũ]

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Noun

quadrātum n (genitive quadrātī); second declension

1. a square, quadrate

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	quadrātum	quadrāta
Genitive	quadrātī	quadrātōrum
Dative	quadrātō	quadrātīs
Accusative	quadrātum	quadrāta
Ablative	quadrātō	quadrātīs
Vocative	quadrātum	quadrāta

Synonyms

• (square): quadrātus, quadrum

Descendants

• Aragonese: cuadrato
• Asturian: cuadráu
• Catalan: quadrat
• Dutch: kwadraat
• English: quadrate
• Esperanto: kvadrato
• Galician: cadrado

• Ido: quadrato
• Italian: quadrato
• Portuguese: quadrado
• Romanian: pătrat
• Russian: квадрат (kvadrat)
• Sicilian: quatratu
• Spanish: cuadrado

Participle

quadrātum

1. nominative neuter singular of quadrātus
2. accusative masculine singular of quadrātus
3. accusative neuter singular of quadrātus
4. vocative neuter singular of quadrātus

Verb

quadrātum

1. supine of quadrō

Related terms

• quadrātārius
• quadrātē
• quadrātiō
• quadrātor

• quadrātus
• quadrō
• quadrula
• quadrus

References

• quadratum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quadratum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quadratum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• quadratum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to march with closed ranks, in order of battle: agmine quadrato incedere, ire