quadrum

Latin

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr

Proto-Italic *kʷettwōr

Latin quattuor

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Latin quadrus

Latin quadrōbf.?

Latin quadrus

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Italic *-om

Latin -um

Latin quadrum

From quadrus, from quattuor (“four”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkʷa.drũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkʷaː.drum]

Noun

quadrum n (genitive quadrī); second declension

1. square
2. square section
3. regular shape or form
4. (New Latin) computer monitor

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	quadrum	quadra
genitive	quadrī	quadrōrum
dative	quadrō	quadrīs
accusative	quadrum	quadra
ablative	quadrō	quadrīs
vocative	quadrum	quadra

Related terms

• quadra
• quadrātus

Descendants

• Aromanian: codru, coduru
• French: écarre
• Galician: cadro
• Italian: quadro (see there for further descendants)
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: caire
  • Occitan: caire
• Portuguese: quadro
• Romanian: codru
• Sicilian: quatru

References

• “quadrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “quadrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "quadrum", 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)
• “quadrum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.