quadrum

Latin

Etymology

From quadrus, from quattuor (“four”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷa.drum/, [ˈkʷäd̪rʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwa.drum/, [ˈkwäːd̪rum]

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).

Case	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
• 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’s 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.