quadrantal

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Etymology 1

From Latin quadrantal.

Noun

quadrantal (plural quadrantals)

1. An ancient Roman unit of measure for liquids.
2. cube

Etymology 2

From Latin quadrantālis (“quarter, containing the fourth part of a measure”).

Adjective

quadrantal (not comparable)

1. (geometry) Of or relating to a quadrant, or included in the fourth part of a circle.

   quadrantal space/triangle/versor

Derived terms

• biquadrantal
• quadrantally

• triquadrantal

Latin

Etymology

Substantivation of apocopated quadrantāle, nominative neuter singular of quadrantālis (“quarter”), see -al.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kʷaˈdran.taɫ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kʷaˈdran.tal]

Noun

quadrantal n (genitive quadrantālis); third declension

1. quadrantal (a unit of volume for liquids; one quadrantal is 8 congiī or approximately 26 litres)

   Synonym: amphora f

2. (geometry, rare) cube

   Synonym: cubus m

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	quadrantal	quadrantālia
genitive	quadrantālis	quadrantālium
dative	quadrantālī	quadrantālibus
accusative	quadrantal	quadrantālia
ablative	quadrantālī	quadrantālibus
vocative	quadrantal	quadrantālia

References

• “quadrantal”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “quadrantal”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.