quadrans

== English == === Etymology === From Latin quadrāns. Doublet of quadrant. === Noun === quadrans (plural quadrantes) A bronze coin of the Roman republic worth one quarter of an as. == Latin == === Etymology === From quattuor (“four”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʷa.drãːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkʷaː.drans] (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʷad.rãːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkʷad.rans] === Noun === quadrāns m (genitive quadrantis); third declension A fourth part of something, quarter, farthing. The fourth part of an as, quarter of an as, three unciae. A quarter-digit. (as a liquid measure) The fourth part of a sextārius, quarter of a sextārius. (as a weight) A quarter of a Roman pound. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== quadrantal quadrantālis quadrantārius ==== Related terms ==== quattuor ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: quadrant → English: quadrans, quadrant French: quadrant → German: Quadrant→ Polish: kwadrant Italian: quadrante Middle French: quadran French: cadran→ Greek: καντράν (kantrán)→ Romanian: cadran → Dutch: kwadrant → Polish: kwadrans Portuguese: quadrante Spanish: cuadrante → 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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “quadrans”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “quadrans”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers quadrans in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], 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