quadrum

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Latin

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Etymology

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From quadrus, from quattuor (four).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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quadrum n (genitive quadrī); second declension

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

Declension

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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
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Descendants

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  • Aromanian: codru, coduru
  • French: écarre
  • Galician: cadro
  • Italian: quadro
  • Old Occitan:
  • Portuguese: quadro
  • Romanian: codru
  • Sicilian: quatru

References

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  • 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.