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English
Etymology
From Latin quadrāns. Doublet of quadrant.
Noun
quadrans (plural quadrantes)
- A bronze coin of the Roman republic worth one quarter of an as.
Latin
Etymology
From quattuor (“four”).
Pronunciation
Noun
quadrāns m (genitive quadrantis); third declension
- A fourth part of something, quarter, farthing.
- The fourth part of an as, quarter of an as, three unciae.
- A quarter-digit.
- (as a liquid measure) The fourth part of a sextārius, quarter of a sextārius.
- (as a weight) A quarter of a Roman pound.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
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References
- “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
- quadrans 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)
- quadrans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, 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