different between quadrangular vs quadratus

English

Etymology

From Middle French quadrangulaire, from Medieval Latin quadrangularis

Adjective

quadrangular (comparative more quadrangular, superlative most quadrangular)

1. Having the shape of a quadrangle; in the shape of a quadrangle.

Translations

See also

• quadrangle

English

Etymology

From Latin quadratus, perfect passive participle of quadro (“I make square”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kw??dre?.t?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kw??dre?.t?s/
• Hyphenation: qua?dra?tus
• Rhymes: -e?t?s

Noun

quadratus (plural quadrati)

1. (anatomy) Any of several roughly square or rectangular muscles, e.g. in the abdomen, thigh, and eye socket.

Derived terms

• quadratus femoris
• quadratus lumborum
• quadratus plantae

References

• “quadratus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of quadr? (“make square”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /k?a?dra?.tus/, [k?ä?d??ä?t??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwa?dra.tus/, [kw??d????t?us]

Participle

quadr?tus (feminine quadr?ta, neuter quadr?tum, adverb quadr?t? or quadr?tim); first/second-declension participle

1. square, squared
2. having been made square, made into a square shape

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Noun

quadr?tus m (genitive quadr?t?); second declension

1. a square, quadrate

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Synonyms

• (square): quadr?tum, quadrum

Derived terms

• quadr?t?rius
• quadr?ti?

Related terms

Descendants

References

• quadratus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quadratus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quadratus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• quadratus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• quadratus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quadratus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray