quadrator

Latin

Etymology

From quadrō (“make square”) +‎ -tor, from quadrus (“square, four-sided”), from quattuor (“four”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷaˈdraː.tor/, [kʷäˈd̪räːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwaˈdra.tor/, [kwäˈd̪räːt̪or]

Noun

quadrātor m (genitive quadrātōris); third declension

1. a stonecutter

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	quadrātor	quadrātōrēs
Genitive	quadrātōris	quadrātōrum
Dative	quadrātōrī	quadrātōribus
Accusative	quadrātōrem	quadrātōrēs
Ablative	quadrātōre	quadrātōribus
Vocative	quadrātor	quadrātōrēs

Synonyms

• (stonecutter): quadrātārius

Related terms

• quadrātārius
• quadrātē
• quadrātiō
• quadrātum

• quadrātūra
• quadrātus
• quadrō
• quadrus

References

• “quadrator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quadrator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.