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English
Etymology
From Latin quadratus, perfect passive participle of quadro (“I make square”).
Pronunciation
Noun
quadratus (plural quadrati)
- (anatomy) Any of several roughly square or rectangular muscles, e.g. in the abdomen, thigh, and eye socket.
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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of quadrō (“make square”).
Pronunciation
Participle
quadrātus (feminine quadrāta, neuter quadrātum, adverb quadrātē or quadrātim); first/second-declension participle
- square, squared, having been made square, made into a square shape
- quadrāta Rōma ― square Rome (called such because of its ancient shape)
- pēs quadrātus ― square foot (0,0876 m²)
- littera quadrāta ― capital letter
- (mathematics) (of a number) square
- quadrātus numerus ― square number
- proportionate, regular, well made, vigorous
- quadrāta statūra ― average height
- quadrātī boves ― vigorous oxen
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Noun
quadrātus m (genitive quadrātī); second declension
- a square, quadrate
- (mathematics) a square number
- Synonym: quadrātus numerus
Declension
Second-declension noun.
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References
- “quadratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quadratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quadratus 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)
- quadratus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “quadratus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “quadratus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray