quadrum
Latin
Etymology
From quadrus, from quattuor (“four”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʷa.drum/, [ˈkʷäd̪rʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkwa.drum/, [ˈkwäːd̪rum]
Noun
quadrum n (genitive quadrī); second declension
- square
- square section
- regular shape or form
- (New Latin) computer monitor
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | quadrum | quadra |
Genitive | quadrī | quadrōrum |
Dative | quadrō | quadrīs |
Accusative | quadrum | quadra |
Ablative | quadrō | quadrīs |
Vocative | quadrum | quadra |
Related terms
- quadra
- quadrātus
Descendants
- Aromanian: codru, coduru
- French: écarre
- Galician: cadro
- Italian: quadro
- Old Occitan:
- Catalan: caire
- Occitan: caire
- Portuguese: quadro
- Romanian: codru
- Sicilian: quatru
References
- “quadrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quadrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quadrum 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)
- quadrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette