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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkʷa.droː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkʷaː.dro]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''quadrō''' (present infinitive quadrāre, perfect active quadrāvī, supine quadrātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[quadrum]] or [[quadrus]] “square”, from [[quattuor]] “four”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Varro, of squaring.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to make square, square up timber or stone, as in Columella, and figuratively to put into shape.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Horace it meant to make four times as great, and in Virgil, intransitively, to form a rectangle.^(OLD 2012) From Cicero it meant to square, accord, fit in with.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to correspond with, agree, fit exactly.^(Stelten 1995) Through Vulgar Latin *exquadrāre and Old French ''esquire'' it gave [[en|square]] in the mid-13th century, and Medieval Latin ''quareia'', a place where stones are squared, gave [[en|quarry]].^(Etymonline) It survives in Italian ''quadrare'' and Spanish ''cuadrar''.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of squaring.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of fitting in.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of forming a rectangle.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * mid-13th century – English ''square'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To make [[m|en|square]], square up; to put into shape.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To quadruple.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To form a rectangle.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To square, fit, accord with.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[conquadrō]]
+ * [[perquadrātus]]
+ * [[quadrātiō]]
+ * [[quadrātum]]
+ * [[quadrātūra]]
+ * [[quadrātus]]
+ * [[quadrātārius]]
+ * [[quadrātē]]
+ * [[quadrātor]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[quadrus]]
+ * [[quattuor]]
+ * [[en|square]]
+ * [[en|quarry]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}