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1. quā̆dra, ae, f., a square.

  1. I. In gen.: qui locus gradibus in quadram formatus est, Fest. s. v. Romanam, p. 262 Müll.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. In arch.
      1. 1. The lowest and largest member of the base of a pedestal, the foundation-stone, socle, plinth, Vitr. 3, 3.
      2. 2. Any small member for the separation of larger ones, a platband, list, fillet, Vitr. 3, 3; 10, 2.
    2. B. A table to eat from, a dining-table (as these were usually square; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 118 Müll.): patulis nec parcere quadris, of the pieces of bread used as plates, Verg. A. 7, 115.
      Hence, alienā vivere quadrā, to live from another’s table (as a parasite), Juv. 5, 2.
    3. C. A (square) bit, piece, morsel: et mihi dividuo findetur munere quadra, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 49: casei, Mart. 12, 32, 18: placentae, id. 6, 75, 1; 9, 92, 18: panis, Sen. Ben. 4, 29, 2.

2. Quā̆dra, ae, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Hostius Quadratus, Sen. Q. N. 1, 16, 1.

quā̆drāgēnārĭus, a, um, adj. [quadrageni], of or belonging to the number forty, consisting of forty, of forty: dolium, perh. holding forty congii, Cato, R. R. 105, 1: fistula, a forty-inch pipe, i. e. made of a plate forty inches in width, Vitr. 8, 7: numerum, Vulg. Deut. 25, 3: pupillus, of forty, i. e. forty years old, Sen. Ep. 25, 1.
As subst.: quā̆drāgēnārĭus, i, m., a man forty years of age: quadragenarium istum ad te voca, Arn. 2, 60.

quā̆drāgēni, ae, a (gen. quadragenūm, Caes. B. G. 4, 17; Liv. 38, 38), num. distrib. adj. [quadraginta].

  1. I. Forty each: columnae singulae sestertiis quadragenis milibus locatae, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 147; id. Att. 4, 18, 2: octoginta confecit centurias, quadragenas seniorum et juniorum, Liv. 1, 43: pyramides complures quadragenarum ulnarum, Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 87; Liv. 38, 38: septuagies centeni quadrageni fiunt novem milia et octingenti, forty each time, Col. 5, 2, 8.
    Plur. fem. quadragenae (supply plagae), forty stripes, Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 24.
  2. II. In gen., for quadraginta, forty: centies vicies duceni quadrageni fiunt viginti octo millia et octingenti, i. e. 240X120 = 28,800, Col. 5, 2.

quā̆drāgēsĭmus (old form † quā̆-drāgensŭmus, Num. ap. Eckh. D. N. 6, p. 296), a, um, adj. [quadraginta].

  1. I. The fortieth: pars quadragesima, Cato, R. R. 23, 2: nono et quadragesimo die, Varr. ap. Gell. 3, 10, 7: anno fere centesimo et quadragesimo, Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 29; id. Fam. 10, 33, 5: pars quadragesima octava, Col. 5, 1, 9; Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 37.
  2. II. Subst.: quā̆-drāgēsĭma, ae, f. (sc. pars), the fortieth part, a fortieth: quadragesima summae, Suet. Calig. 40.
    1. B. In partic.
      1. 1. As a tax, the fortieth part, a fortieth (as with us, a tenth, a tithe): abolitio quadragesimae quinquagesimaeque, Tac. A. 13, 51: quadragesimae portorium sive vectigal, Symm. Ep. 5, 65: publicum quadragesimae in Asiā egit, Suet. Vesp. 1: C. ATIO ALCIMO FELICIANO … PROG. QVADRAG. GALLIARVM, Inscr. Maff. Mus. Veron.; cf. abbrev., TABVLARIVS XXXX. GALLIAR., Inscr. Orell. 3344.
      2. 2. In eccl. Lat., the Christian fast of forty days, Lent, Hier. Ep. 41, 3.

quā̆drāgĭes (old orthogr. QVA DRAGIENS, Monum. Ancyr. ap. Grut. 230), adv. num. [quadraginta], forty times: quadragies quater accusatus, Aur. Vict. Vir. Illustr. 47: sestertium ter et quadragies, the 4,300,000 sesterces, Cic. Fl. 13, 30; Liv. 38, 55, 9 and 12.

quā̆drāgintā, num. adj. [quattuor], forty: quattuor quadraginta minae, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 102: annos natus, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39; id. Rep. 2, 30, 52: jugera arvi, Cat. 115, 2; Col. 5, 2, 10; 5, 1, 13.

quā̆drangŭlātus, a, um, adj. [quadrangulus], quadrangular (eccl. Lat.): quadrangulata turris, Tert. Anim. 17: ligna, Vulg. 3 Reg. 7, 5.

‡ quā̆drangŭlum, i, n. [quattuor-angulus], a quadrangle: quadrangulum, τετράγωνον, Gloss. Lat. Gr.; Mart. Cap. 7, § 754 (dub.; al. quadriangulo).

quā̆drangŭlus, v. quadriangulus.

quā̆drans, antis (gen. plur. quadrantūm, Front. Aquaed. 24), m. [quattuor].

  1. I. A fourth part, a fourth, a quarter: operae, Col. 2, 4, 8: diei noctisque, Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 207.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. A fourth part, a fourth of a whole: creditoribus quadrantem solvi, Vell. 2, 23, 2: heres ex quadrante, of the fourth part of the inheritance, Suet. Caes. 83; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 7, 1; Dig. 44, 4, 17, § 2; Ulp. Frag. 24, 32.
    2. B. The fourth part of an as (as a coin), three unciae: nota in triente et quadrante rates (fuit). Quadrans antea teruncius vocatus a tribus unciis, Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 45: quadrans mihi nullus est in arcā, not a farthing, not a copper, Mart. 2, 44, 9; Liv. 3, 18, 11; Juv. 1, 121.
      As the customary price of a bath (cf. quadrantarius): dum tu quadrante lavatum Rex ibis, Hor. S. 1, 3, 137; cf. Sen. Ep. 86, 8; Juv. 6, 446.
      As the smallest coin, a mite, farthing, Hor. S. 2, 3, 93; Juv. 7, 8; Vulg. Matt. 5, 26; id. Marc. 12, 42.
    3. C. Of the rate of interest, four for a hundred: usurae quadrantes, four per cent., Dig. 33, 1, 21.
    4. D. As a measure of land, a quarter of an acre (jugerum), Col. 5, 1, 10.
    5. E. As a weight, a quarter of a pound, Mart. 11, 105, 1.
      With pondo: amomi pondo quadrans, Col. 12, 20, 5; Cato, R. R. 84, 1: quadrans pondo bacarum, Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 156.
  3. F. As a measure for liquids, the fourth part of a sextarius, three cyathi: ita ut earum calices quadrantes octoginta capere possint, Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 4: quadrantem duplicare, Mart. 9, 94, 2: vini, Cels. 3, 15.
  4. G. As a measure of length, a quarter of a foot: pedes duodecim et quadrantem, Gell. 3, 10, 11; 9, 4, 10; cf. Cato, R. R. 18, 2; 18, 6.
    A quarter-digit, Front. Aquaed. 25.
  5. H. As a measure of time, a fourth of a day, six hours, Sol. 1, 39; 1, 41 sq.

quā̆drantal, ālis, n. [quadrantalis].

  1. I. A liquid measure containing eight congii, a quadrantal, Cato ap. Fest. p. 258, 20 Müll.; id. R. R. 57, 2; Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 15; Plin. 14, 14, 16, § 95.
  2. II. A die, cube, Gell. 1, 20, 3.

quā̆drantālis, e, adj. [quadrans], containing the fourth part of a measure (postAug.): mensa crassitudine quadrantali, of a quarter of a foot, Plin. 13, 15, 29, § 93.

quā̆drantārĭus, a, um, adj. [quadrans].

  1. I. Prop., of or belonging to a quarter, relating to a fourth part: in tabulis quadrantariis, quas ait ab Hirtuleio institutas, i. e. new accounts reducing all debts to one fourth, Cic. Font. 1, 2.
  2. II. In partic., relating to a quarter of an as (as a coin), that costs a quarter of an as, etc.: res quadrantaria, i. e. a bath (because a quarter of an as was the price of a bath; v. quadrans, II. B), Sen. Ep. 86, 8: mulier, of Clodia, wife of Metellus, who sold herself for a bath, Cic. Cael. 26, 62; she is also called Clytaemnestra quadrantaria, because, like Clytaemnestra, she destroyed her husband, Cael. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 53.

quā̆drātārĭus, a, um, adj. [quadratus], of or belonging to work with the square, i. e. to the work of the stone-cutter: OPVS, perh. a stone monument, Inscr. Murat. 2012, 2.
As subst.: quā̆drātārĭus, ĭi, m., a stonecutter (post-class.), interchanged with lapidicida, Sid. Ep. 3, 12; Cod. Just. 10, 64, 1; Auct. Limit. p. 294 Goes.

quā̆drātē, adv., v. quadro, P. a. fin.

Quā̆drātilla, ae, f., a Roman female name, e. g. Ummilia, Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 7; cf. Inscr Murat. 3, 27, 5.

‡ quā̆drātim, adv. [quadratus], fourfold, acc. to Charis. p. 168 P.

quā̆drātĭo, ōnis, f. [quadratus], a square, quadrate: agatur linea rotundationis, quae quadrationis angulos tangat, Vitr. 4, 3, 9.

quā̆drātor, ōris, m. [quadro], a stonecutter: marmorum, Cassiod. Ep. 2, 7.

quā̆drātum, i, n., v. quadro fin.

quā̆drātūra, ae, f. [quadro].

  1. I. A making square, squaring, quadrature (postclass.): circuli quadratura, the squaring or quadrature of the circle, App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 37, 11.
  2. II. Transf., a square: vitreae, Vop. Firm. 3.

1. quā̆drātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., v. quadro.

2. quā̆drātus, i, m., v. quadro fin.

3. Quadrātus, i, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Ummilius Quadratus, Plin. Ep. 6, 11, 1; 7, 24, 6.

quā̆dro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [quadrus].

  1. I. Act., to make four-cornered, to square, make square: abies atque populus ad unguem quadrantur, Col. 11, 2, 13: lapides, Vulg. 3 Reg. 5, 17.
    1. B. Transf., to put in proper order, to join properly together, to complete, perfect: quadrandae orationis industria, in properly arranging, Cic. Or. 58, 197: quae pars quadrat acervum, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 35 Orell. ad loc.
  2. II. Neutr. (to be square, said of squared stones for building, which fit well together; hence), transf., to square or agree with, to fit, suit: secto via limite quadret, Verg. G. 2, 278: eam conjunctionem quadrare volumus, Cic. de Or. 3, 44, 175: omnia in istam quadrant, fit her, id. Cael. 29, 69: ad multa, to suit in many respects, id. Att. 4, 18: quoniam tibi ita quadrat, it seems to you so proper, pleases you so, id. Brut. 11, 43.
    1. B. Trop.
      1. 1. Of accounts, to square, agree, accord: quomodo sexcenta eodem modo quadrarint, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 92: visum est hoc mihi ad multa quadrare. id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3).
      2. 2. Of words, to be fitting, appropriate: scire, quod quoque loco verborum maxime quadret, Quint. 9, 4, 60.
        Hence, quā̆drātus, a, um, P. a.
    1. A. In gen., squared, square, quadrate (class.): quadrata basis, Varr. ap. Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 91: pes, a square foot, Plin, 33, 4, 21, § 75; Col. 5, 1, 6; 5, 2, 5: saxum, squared, hewn stone, Liv. 10, 23; so, lapis, Varr. ap. Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 91: littera, capital letters, which are composed of square strokes, Petr. 29: statura, square, robust, Suet. Vesp. 20: corpus, Cels. 2, 1: boves, stout, vigorous, Col. 6, 1, 3: canis, id. 7, 12, 4: signa, i.e. statues, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 56: agmen, a marching in regular order of battle; also, an army advancing in regular order of battle, so that the whole body forms a parallelogram, Varr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 121: quadratum acies consistat in agmen, Tib. 4 (5), 1, 100: ut inde agmine quadrato ad urbem accederet, in order of battle, Cic. Phil. 13, 8, 18; 2, 42, 108; Hirt. B. G. 8, 8; Liv. 21, 5, 16; Curt. 5, 1, 19; Sen. Ep. 59, 6: quadrato agmine incedere, Sall. J. 100, 1; v. agmen; cf.: quadrato Exercitu, Cat. ap. Non. p. 204, 33: pallium, square, four-cornered, Petr. 135: numerus, a square number, Gell. 1, 20, 4: versus, a verse of eight feet, id. 2, 29, 20: Roma, the most ancient Rome, built in the form of a square, on the Mons Palatinus; and, in a narrower sense, the enclosed square place on the summit of the Palatine, the mundus of all cities built in the Etruscan fashion, Fest. p. 258 Müll.; cf. on the Roma quadrata, Becker, Alterth. 1, p. 105 sq.
      1. 2. Substt.
        1. a. quā̆drātum, i, n.
          1. (α) A square, a quadrate: dimensio quadrati, Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 57; id. N. D. 1, 10, 24: mutat quadrata rotundis, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 100: in quadratum, into a square, tetragon, Plin. 18, 22, 51, § 189; Quint. 1, 10, 40.
          2. (β) Astronom. t. t., quadrature, quartile, Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89: luna in quadrato solis dividua est, Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 80.
        2. b. quā̆drātus, i, m., a square, quadrate: marmorum quadrati, Cassiod. Var. 2, 7.
    2. B. Transf., fitting, suitable (rare): lenis et quadrata verborum compositio, Quint. 2, 5, 9; cf. id. 9, 4, 69.
      Hence, adv.: quā̆drātē, fourfold, four times (post-class.), Manil. 2, 295.