quadratura Latin · revision 10098

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Chalcidius|origins=ine-pro *kʷetwóres}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kʷa.draːˈtuː.ra]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [kʷa.draˈtuː.ra]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''quadrātūra''' ''f'' (genitive quadrātūrae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|quadrō|-tūra|t1=to make square]], from [[quadrus]] “square” and [[quattuor]] “four”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨quattuor⟩ to [[ine-pro|*kʷetwṓr|t=four]], with ⟨quat-⟩ from zero-grade forms such as ⟨*kʷtru-⟩, cognate with Oscan ⟨pettiur⟩ “four”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gaffiot cites Chalcidius, and Lewis & Short call it post-classical.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a making square, squaring, quadrature, so ''circulī quadrātūra'' “the squaring of the circle”, as in Chalcidius; in surveying the division of land into squares; and in Vopiscus a square.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Medieval Latin used it for building stone and a quarry.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for squaring, especially of the circle.^(DMLBS) English ''quadrature'' and German ''Quadratur'' are from it.^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 300 AD – Chalcidius uses it of quadrature.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A squaring, [[m|en|quadrature]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(surveying)'' Division of land into squares.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Building stone; a [[m|en|quarry]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quadrātārius]]

+ * [[quadrātē]]

+ * [[quadrātiō]]

+ * [[quadrātor]]

+ * [[quadrātum]]

+ * [[quadrātus]]

+ * [[quadrō]]

+ * [[quadrula]]

+ * [[quadrus]]

+ * [[en|quadrature]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}