quadratum

Latin

quadrātum (a square)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷaˈdraː.tum/, [kʷäˈd̪räːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwaˈdra.tum/, [kwäˈd̪räːt̪um]

Noun

quadrātum n (genitive quadrātī); second declension

  1. a square, quadrate

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

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

Synonyms

Descendants

Participle

quadrātum

  1. inflection of quadrātus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

Verb

quadrātum

  1. accusative supine of quadrō

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • quadratum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to march with closed ranks, in order of battle: agmine quadrato incedere, ire
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