quadrans

Etymology

From Latin quadrāns.

Noun

quadrans (plural quadrantes)

1. A bronze coin of the Roman republic worth one quarter of an as.

Etymology

From quattuor (“four”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷa.drans/, [ˈkʷa.drãːs]

Noun

quadrāns m (genitive quadrantis); third declension

1. A fourth part of something, quarter, farthing.
2. The fourth part of an as, quarter of an as, three unciae.
3. A quarter-digit.
4. (as a liquid measure) The fourth part of a sextārius, quarter of a sextārius.
5. (as a weight) A quarter of a Roman pound.

References

• quadrans in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quadrans in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quadrans in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• quadrans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • 3 per cent (a quarter of centesima): quadrantes usurae
    
• quadrans in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quadrans in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• quadrans in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin