English

Noun

quadratus

1. (anatomy) Any of several skeletal muscles more or less quadrangular in outline.

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of quadrō ‎(“make square”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʷaˈdraː.tus/, [kʷaˈdraː.tʊs]

Participle

quadrātus m ‎(feminine quadrāta, neuter quadrātum); first/second declension

1. square, squared
2. having been made square, made into a square shape

Inflection

First/second declension.

Noun

quadrātus m ‎(genitive quadrātī); second declension

1. a square, quadrate

Inflection

Second declension.

Synonyms

• (square): quadrātum, quadrum

Derived terms

• quadrātārius
• quadrātiō

Related terms

Descendants

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “quadratus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray