adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
quadrantārius
quadrantārius (feminine quadrantāria, neuter quadrantārium)
Classical[kʷa.dranˈtaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[kʷa.dranˈtaː.ri.us]
Meaning
- adjectiverelationalquarter
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | quadrantārius | quadrantāria | quadrantārium |
| genitive | quadrantāriī | quadrantāriae | quadrantāriī |
| dative | quadrantāriō | quadrantāriae | quadrantāriō |
| accusative | quadrantārium | quadrantāriam | quadrantārium |
| ablative | quadrantāriō | quadrantāriā | quadrantāriō |
| vocative | quadrantārie | quadrantāria | quadrantārium |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | quadrantāriī | quadrantāriae | quadrantāria |
| genitive | quadrantāriōrum | quadrantāriārum | quadrantāriōrum |
| dative | quadrantāriīs | quadrantāriīs | quadrantāriīs |
| accusative | quadrantāriōs | quadrantāriās | quadrantāria |
| ablative | quadrantāriīs | quadrantāriīs | quadrantāriīs |
| vocative | quadrantāriī | quadrantāriae | quadrantāria |
quā^drantārĭus, a, um, adj. id..
I. Prop., of or belonging to a quarter, relating to a fourth part:
in tabulis quadrantariis, quas ait ab Hirtuleio institutas, i. e. new accounts reducing all debts to one fourth, Cic. Font. 1, 2.—II. In partic., relating to a quarter of an as (as a coin), that costs a quarter of an as, etc.: res quadrantaria, i. e. a bath (because a quarter of an as was the price of a bath;
v. quadrans, II. B), Sen. Ep. 86, 8: mulier, of Clodia, wife of Metellus, who sold herself for a bath, Cic. Cael. 26, 62; she is also called Clytaemnestra quadrantaria, because, like Clytaemnestra, she destroyed her husband, Cael. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 53.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
quadrantārius adj.
quadrans, of a quarter, of a fourth part : tabulae, i. e. scaling down all debts to one fourth.—Costing a quarter of an as, costing a quadrans : permutatio, i. e. a substitute for the price of the bath .
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin quadrantārius From quadrāns + -ārius.