English

Noun

quadrans ‎(plural quadrantes)

1. A bronze coin of the Roman republic worth one quarter of an as.

Latin

Etymology

From quattuor ‎(“four”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷa.draːns/

Noun

quadrāns m ‎(genitive quadrantis); third declension

1. A fourth part of something, quarter, farthing.
2. The fourth part of an as, quarter of an as, three unciae.
3. A quarter-digit.
4. (as a liquid measure) The fourth part of a sextārius, quarter of a sextārius.
5. (as a weight) A quarter of a Roman pound.

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• quadrantal
• quadrantālis
• quadrantārius

Related terms

• quattuor

Descendants

• English: quadrans, quadrant
• French: cadran, quadrant
• Italian: quadrante
• Portuguese: quadrante
• Russian: квадрант ‎(kvadrant)

See also

• octāns
• sextāns

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “quadrans”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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 (accessed 16 July 2016) 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