The corpus record — Latin

quā^drĭangŭlus

quā^drĭangŭlus · adj

four-cornered

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What it meant

quā^drĭangŭlus — Lewis & Short

quā^drĭangŭlus, a, um, adj.quattuor-angulus,

I four-cornered, quadrangular (post-Aug.); figura, Plin. 13, 22, 38, § 118: herba quadriangulo caule, id. 25, 6, 27, § 63: membrum, Aus. Epigr. 128. — As subst.: quădrĭangŭlum, i, n., a quadrilateral figure, quadrangle, Prisc. Fig. Num. p. 417; cf. quadrangulum.

Where it came from

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