different between quadrains vs quadrans

English

Noun

quadrains

1. plural of quadrain

English

Etymology

From Latin quadr?ns. Doublet of quadrant.

Noun

quadrans (plural quadrantes)

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

Latin

Etymology

From quattuor (“four”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?k?a.drans/, [?k?äd??ä??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kwa.drans/, [?kw??d???ns]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?k?ad.rans/, [?k?är?ä??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kwad.rans/, [?kw?d?r?ns]

Noun

quadr?ns 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 sext?rius, quarter of a sext?rius.
5. (as a weight) A quarter of a Roman pound.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• quadrantal
• quadrant?lis
• quadrant?rius

Related terms

• quattuor

Descendants

• English: quadrans, quadrant
• French: cadran, quadrant
• Italian: quadrante
• Portuguese: quadrante
• Russian: ???????? (kvadrant)

See also

• oct?ns
• sext?ns

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?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• 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?^[2], 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