LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

quadrātus1

quadrātus m (genitive quadrātī)
Classical[kʷaˈdraː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[kʷaˈdraː.tus]

Meaning

  1. a square, quadrate
  2. a square number

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

in fōrmam quadrātam caesus
quadrātus -a -um — in Epistulae, ch. 20

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativequadrātusquadrātī
genitivequadrātīquadrātōrum
dativequadrātōquadrātīs
accusativequadrātumquadrātōs
ablativequadrātōquadrātīs
vocativequadrātequadrātī

quā^drātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., v. quadro.
quā^drātus, i, m., v. quadro
I. fin.

Origins

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

Descendants
  • Catalanquadrat
  • Frenchcarré
  • Frenchcadrat
  • GermanQuadrat
  • Romaniancvadratfrom German Quadrat
  • Italianquadrato
  • Portuguesequadrado
  • Romanianpătrat
  • Spanishcuadrado
  • Asturiancuadradu

In English words that came into English from quadrātus

  • quadraticquadrātus
  • quadratequadrātus
  • quadratusquadrātus
proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Quadrātus2
Quadrātus m sg (genitive Quadrātī)
Classical[kʷaˈdraː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[kʷaˈdraː.tus]

Meaning

  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by
  2. Marcus Ummidius Quadratus Annianus, a Roman consul

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeQuadrātus—
genitiveQuadrātī—
dativeQuadrātō—
accusativeQuadrātum—
ablativeQuadrātō—
vocativeQuadrāte—

Quadrātus, i, m.,
I. a Roman surname, e. g. Ummilius Quadratus, Plin. Ep. 6, 11, 1; 7, 24, 6.

Origins

From quadrātus (“squared”).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyQuadratusQuadratus. Κοδράτος, (Euseb. H. E., Syncellus, and the Greek Menaea; or Κουαδρᾶτος, Euseb. Chron. p. 211, ed. Scaliger, 1658), one of the Apostolic Fa…

Quick answers

What does quadrātus mean in Latin?
quadrātus, a noun, means “a square, quadrate; a square number”.
What is the genitive of quadrātus?
The genitive singular is quadrātī. quadrātus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce quadrātus?
In classical Latin, [kʷaˈdraː.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kʷaˈdraː.tus].
Which English words come from quadrātus?
English words that go back to Latin quadrātus include quadratic, quadrate and quadratus.