LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

quadrō

quadrō (present infinitive quadrāre, perfect active quadrāvī, supine quadrātum)
Classical[ˈkʷa.droː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkʷaː.dro]

Meaning

  1. transitiveto make four-cornered, square, make square
  2. transitiveto put in order, join properly, complete, perfect
  3. intransitiveto agree with, fit with, square with
  4. intransitiveto accord, agree, fit
    Titulos neopunicis elementis scriptos inter tot milia votorum Tanitidi et Baali Hammoni dicatorum fere nullos reperimus; quod quidem mire quadrat cum opinione eorum qui volunt titulos Taniteos ante destructam a Romanis Carthaginem conscriptos fuisse.We find almost no inscriptions with Neo-Punic characteristics among the thousands of offerings consecrated to Tanit and Baal Hammon; which fits very well with the opinion of those who consider the inscriptions to Tanit to have been written before Carthage was destroyed by Rome.1890, Ernest Renan, Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum, part 1, volume 2, fascicle 4, Paris, pages 552–553:
  5. intransitiveto be fitting, appropriate

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.quadrōquadrābamquadrābōquadrāvīquadrāveramquadrāverō
quadrārō
2nd sg.quadrāsquadrābāsquadrābisquadrāvistī
quadrāstī		quadrāverās
quadrārās		quadrāveris
3rd sg.quadratquadrābatquadrābitquadrāvitquadrāverat
quadrārat		quadrāverit
quadrārit
1st pl.quadrāmusquadrābāmusquadrābimusquadrāvimusquadrāverāmusquadrāverimus
quadrārimus
2nd pl.quadrātisquadrābātisquadrābitisquadrāvistis
quadrāstis		quadrāverātis
quadrārātis		quadrāveritis
quadrāritis
3rd pl.quadrantquadrābantquadrābuntquadrāvērunt
quadrāvēre, quadrārunt		quadrāverant
quadrārant		quadrāverint
quadrārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.quadremquadrāremquadrāverim
quadrārim		quadrāvissem
quadrāssem
2nd sg.quadrēsquadrārēsquadrāverīsquadrāvissēs
quadrāssēs
3rd sg.quadretquadrāretquadrāverit
quadrārit		quadrāvisset
quadrāsset
1st pl.quadrēmusquadrārēmusquadrāverīmus
quadrārīmus		quadrāvissēmus
quadrāssēmus
2nd pl.quadrētisquadrārētisquadrāverītis
quadrārītis		quadrāvissētis
quadrāssētis
3rd pl.quadrentquadrārentquadrāverint
quadrārint		quadrāvissent
quadrāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.quadrorquadrābarquadrābor
2nd sg.quadrāris
quadrāre		quadrābāris
quadrābāre		quadrāberis
quadrābere
3rd sg.quadrāturquadrābāturquadrābitur
1st pl.quadrāmurquadrābāmurquadrābimur
2nd pl.quadrāminīquadrābāminīquadrābiminī
3rd pl.quadranturquadrābanturquadrābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.quadrerquadrārer
2nd sg.quadrēris
quadrēre		quadrārēris
quadrārēre
3rd sg.quadrēturquadrārētur
1st pl.quadrēmurquadrārēmur
2nd pl.quadrēminīquadrārēminī
3rd pl.quadrenturquadrārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.quadrāquadrāre
pres. 2nd pl.quadrātequadrāminī
fut. 2nd sg.quadrātōquadrātor
fut. 3rd sg.quadrātōquadrātor
fut. 2nd pl.quadrātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.quadrantōquadrantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivequadrārequadrārī
perfect infinitivequadrāvisse
quadrāsse		quadrātum esse
future infinitivequadrātūrum essequadrātum īrī
present participlequadrāns—
perfect participle—quadrātus
quadrāta, quadrātā, quadrātae, quadrātam, quadrātārum, quadrātās, quadrātī, quadrātōrum, quadrātōs
future participlequadrātūrus
quadrātūra, quadrātūrā, quadrātūrae, quadrātūram, quadrātūrārum, quadrātūrās, quadrātūre, quadrātūrī, quadrātūrīs, quadrātūrō, quadrātūrōrum, quadrātūrōs, quadrātūrum		quadrandus
quadranda, quadrandā, quadrandae, quadrandam, quadrandārum, quadrandās, quadrande, quadrandīs, quadrandōrum, quadrandōs
gerundquadrandī, quadrandō, quadrandumsupinequadrātum, quadrātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

agmine quadrato incedere, ire
to march with closed ranks, in order of battle.

quā^dro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. quadrus.
I. Act., to make four-cornered, to square, make square: abies atque populus ad unguem quadrantur, Col. 11, 2, 13: lapides, Vulg. 3 Reg. 5, 17.—
B. Transf., to put in proper order, to join properly together, to complete, perfect: quadrandae orationis industria, in properly arranging, Cic. Or. 58, 197: quae pars quadrat acervum, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 35 Orell. ad loc. —
II. Neutr. (to be square, said of squared stones for building, which fit well together; hence), transf., to square or agree with, to fit, suit: secto via limite quadret, Verg. G. 2, 278: eam conjunctionem quadrare volumus, Cic. de Or. 3, 44, 175: omnia in istam quadrant, fit her, id. Cael. 29, 69: ad multa, to suit in many respects, id. Att. 4, 18: quoniam tibi ita quadrat, it seems to you so proper, pleases you so, id. Brut. 11, 43.—
B. Trop.
1. Of accounts, to square, agree, accord: quomodo sexcenta eodem modo quadrarint, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 92: visum est hoc mihi ad multa quadrare. id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3).—
2. Of words, to be fitting, appropriate: scire, quod quoque loco verborum maxime quadret, Quint. 9, 4, 60.— Hence, quā^drātus, a, um, P. a.
A. In gen., squared, square, quadrate (class.): quadrata basis, Varr. ap. Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 91: pes, a square foot, Plin, 33, 4, 21, § 75; Col. 5, 1, 6; 5, 2, 5: saxum, squared, hewn stone, Liv. 10, 23; so, lapis, Varr. ap. Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 91: littera, capital letters, which are composed of square strokes, Petr. 29: statura, square, robust, Suet. Vesp. 20: corpus, Cels. 2, 1: boves, stout, vigorous, Col. 6, 1, 3: canis, id. 7, 12, 4: signa, i.e. statues, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 56: agmen, a marching in regular order of battle; also, an army advancing in regular order of battle, so that the whole body forms a parallelogram, Varr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 121: quadratum acies consistat in agmen, Tib. 4 (5), 1, 100: ut inde agmine quadrato ad urbem accederet, in order of battle, Cic. Phil. 13, 8, 18; 2, 42, 108; Hirt. B. G. 8, 8; Liv. 21, 5, 16; Curt. 5, 1, 19; Sen. Ep. 59, 6: quadrato agmine incedere, Sall. J. 100, 1; v. agmen; cf.: quadrato Exercitu, Cat. ap. Non. p. 204, 33: pallium, square, four-cornered, Petr. 135: numerus, a square number, Gell. 1, 20, 4: versus, a verse of eight feet, id. 2, 29, 20: Roma, the most ancient Rome, built in the form of a square, on the Mons Palatinus; and, in a narrower sense, the enclosed square place on the summit of the Palatine, the mundus of all cities built in the Etruscan fashion, Fest. p. 258 Müll.; cf. on the Roma quadrata, Becker, Alterth. 1, p. 105 sq. —
2. Substt.
a. quā^drātum, i, n.
(a). A square, a quadrate: dimensio quadrati, Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 57; id. N. D. 1, 10, 24: mutat quadrata rotundis, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 100: in quadratum, into a square, tetragon, Plin. 18, 22, 51, § 189; Quint. 1, 10, 40.—
(b). Astronom. t. t., quadrature, quartile, Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89: luna in quadrato solis dividua est, Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 80.—
b. quā^drātus, i, m., a square, quadrate: marmorum quadrati, Cassiod. Var. 2, 7. —
B. Transf., fitting, suitable (rare): lenis et quadrata verborum compositio, Quint. 2, 5, 9; cf. id. 9, 4, 69. — Hence, adv.: quā^drātē, fourfold, four times (post-class.), Manil. 2, 295.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwṓr
  2. Proto-Italic*kʷettwōr
  3. Latinquadrō

▲ Latin quadrōbf.? Latin quadrus Latin quadro From quadrus (“square”), from quattuor (“four”).

Descendants
  • Catalanquadrar
  • Englishquadrate
  • Englishchar
  • Frenchcarrer
  • Italianquadrare
  • Occitancairar
  • Portuguesequadrar
  • Spanishcuadrar
  • Galiciancadrar

Quick answers

What does quadrō mean in Latin?
quadrō, a verb, means “to make four-cornered, square, make square; to put in order, join properly, complete, perfect; to agree with, fit with, square with”.
What are the principal parts of quadrō?
quadrō, quadrāre, quadrāvī, quadrātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce quadrō?
In classical Latin, [ˈkʷa.droː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkʷaː.dro].
Where does quadrō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr → Proto-Italic *kʷettwōr → Latin quadrō.