quadrus

See also: Quadrus

Latin

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Etymology

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Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kwetwṓr

Proto-Italic *kwettwōr

Latin quattuor

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Latin quadrus

Latin quadrō bf. ?

Latin quadrus

Ultimately from the root of quattuor ("four"), quadri-, quadru- ("four-"), and quārtus ("fourth"). Quadrus is not attested as an adjective until Late Latin, but its feminine and neuter forms are attested in Classical Latin as nouns, quadra f and quadrum n.

Pronunciation

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(Classical Latin ) IPA ^(key): [ˈkwa.drʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical ) IPA ^(key): [ˈkwaː.drus]

Adjective

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quadrus (feminine quadra , neuter quadrum ); first/second-declension adjective

square

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

singular			plural
masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	quadrus	quadra	quadrum	quadrī	quadrae	quadra
genitive	quadrī	quadrae	quadrī	quadrōrum	quadrārum	quadrōrum
dative	quadrō	quadrae	quadrō	quadrīs
accusative	quadrum	quadram	quadrum	quadrōs	quadrās	quadra
ablative	quadrō	quadrā	quadrō	quadrīs
vocative	quadre	quadra	quadrum	quadrī	quadrae	quadra

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Catalan: caire
Italian: squadra , quadro
Old French: esquarre
- French: équerre
- Norman: êtchèrre
- → English: square
  - → Latvian: skvērs
  - → Polish: skwer
  - → Thai: สแควร์ (sà-kwɛɛ)
  - → Welsh: sgwâr
Venetan: quadro
West Iberian
- Portuguese: quadro
- Spanish: cuadro
⇒ Vulgar Latin: *quadrellus
- Italo-Dalmatian
  - Dalmatian: cadrial
  - Italian: quadrello
- Old French: quarel
  - French: carreau
  - → English: quarrel
- Venetan: quarel , quareło , cuadrèl , cuarèlo , cuarèl
  - → Cimbrian: korèll
- West Iberian
  - Portuguese: quadrelo
  - Spanish: cuadrillo
→ Catalan: quadre
→ Translingual: Quadrus

References

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"quadrus", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Press
"quadrus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
"quadrus", in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Sihler, Andrew L. (1995), New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
De Vaan, Michiel (2008), "quattuor", in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 505

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