The corpus record — Latin

quadra1

quadra1 · f

a square

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Where it lives

Moretum, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 12.92/10k
De Architectura 5 · 0.87/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 2 · 0.25/10k
De Beneficiis 1 · 0.22/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k
Aeneid 1 · 0.16/10k
Institutio Oratoria 1 · 0.06/10k

What it meant — Lewis & Short

1. quā^dra

quā^dra, ae, f.,

I a square.

I In gen.: qui locus gradibus in quadram formatus est, Fest. s. v. Romanam, p. 262 Müll.—

II In partic.

A In arch.

1 The lowest and largest member of the base of a pedestal, the foundation-stone, socle, plinth, Vitr. 3, 3.—

2 Any small member for the separation of larger ones, a platband, list, fillet, Vitr. 3, 3; 10, 2.—

B A table to eat from, a dining-table (as these were usually square; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 118 Müll.): patulis nec parcere quadris, of the pieces of bread used as plates, Verg. A. 7, 115.— Hence, alienā vivere quadrā, to live from another's table (as a parasite), Juv. 5, 2. —

C A (square) bit, piece, morsel: et mihi dividuo findetur munere quadra, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 49: casei, Mart. 12, 32, 18: placentae, id. 6, 75, 1; 9, 92, 18: panis, Sen. Ben. 4, 29, 2.

2. Quā^dra

Quā^dra, ae, m.,

I a Roman surname, e. g. Hostius Quadratus, Sen. Q. N. 1, 16, 1.

In the wild

quadris Vergil, Aeneid 7.115
quadris Vitruvius, De Architectura 3.5.2
quadris Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 5.1.10
quadris Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 5.1.11
quadramve Martial, Epigrammata 6.75.1
quadram Vitruvius, De Architectura 3.5.5

6 of 12 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

Latin text and lemmatization derived from the Perseus Digital Library (canonical-latinLit), CC BY-SA 4.0. Lewis & Short (public domain) via Perseus. This derived data is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 license.