Definition of quadro, quadro
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LNS
quādrō, quādrāre, quādrāvī, quādrātus
quadrō, quadrāre, quadrāvī, quadrātus
quadrus
verb (1st conjugation)
  1. to make four-cornered, to square, make square
  2. to put in proper order, to join properly together, to complete, perfect
  3. to square or agree with, to fit, suit
  4. to square, agree, accord
  5. to be fitting, appropriate
Abbreviations
quā^dro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. quadrus. Act., to make four-cornered, to square, make square: abies atque populus ad unguem quadrantur, Col. 11, 2, 13: lapides, Vulg. 3 Reg. 5, 17.

— Transf., to put in proper order, to join properly together, to complete, perfect: quadrandae orationis industria, in properly arranging, Cic. Or. 58, 197: quae pars quadrat acervum, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 35 Orell. ad loc.

— Neutr. (to be square, said of squared stones for building, which fit well together; hence), transf., to square or agree with, to fit, suit: secto via limite quadret, Verg. G. 2, 278: eam conjunctionem quadrare volumus, Cic. de Or. 3, 44, 175: omnia in istam quadrant, fit her, id. Cael. 29, 69: ad multa, to suit in many respects, id. Att. 4, 18: quoniam tibi ita quadrat, it seems to you so proper, pleases you so, id. Brut. 11, 43.

— Trop. Of accounts, to square, agree, accord: quomodo sexcenta eodem modo quadrarint, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 92: visum est hoc mihi ad multa quadrare. id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3).

— Of words, to be fitting, appropriate: scire, quod quoque loco verborum maxime quadret, Quint. 9, 4, 60.

— Hence, quā^drātus, a, um, P. a. In gen., squared, square, quadrate (class.): quadrata basis, Varr. ap. Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 91: pes, a square foot, Plin, 33, 4, 21, § 75; Col. 5, 1, 6; 5, 2, 5: saxum, squared, hewn stone, Liv. 10, 23; so, lapis, Varr. ap. Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 91: littera, capital letters, which are composed of square strokes, Petr. 29: statura, square, robust, Suet. Vesp. 20: corpus, Cels. 2, 1: boves, stout, vigorous, Col. 6, 1, 3: canis, id. 7, 12, 4: signa, i.e. statues, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 56: agmen, a marching in regular order of battle; also, an army advancing in regular order of battle, so that the whole body forms a parallelogram, Varr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 121: quadratum acies consistat in agmen, Tib. 4 (5), 1, 100: ut inde agmine quadrato ad urbem accederet, in order of battle, Cic. Phil. 13, 8, 18; 2, 42, 108; Hirt. B. G. 8, 8; Liv. 21, 5, 16; Curt. 5, 1, 19; Sen. Ep. 59, 6: quadrato agmine incedere, Sall. J. 100, 1; v. agmen; cf.: quadrato Exercitu, Cat. ap. Non. p. 204, 33: pallium, square, four-cornered, Petr. 135: numerus, a square number, Gell. 1, 20, 4: versus, a verse of eight feet, id. 2, 29, 20: Roma, the most ancient Rome, built in the form of a square, on the Mons Palatinus; and, in a narrower sense, the enclosed square place on the summit of the Palatine, the mundus of all cities built in the Etruscan fashion, Fest. p. 258 Mull.; cf. on the Roma quadrata, Becker, Alterth. 1, p. 105 sq.

— Substt. quā^drātum, i, n. A square, a quadrate: dimensio quadrati, Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 57; id. N. D. 1, 10, 24: mutat quadrata rotundis, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 100: in quadratum, into a square, tetragon, Plin. 18, 22, 51, § 189; Quint. 1, 10, 40.

— Astronom. t. t., quadrature, quartile, Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89: luna in quadrato solis dividua est, Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 80.

— quā^drātus, i, m., a square, quadrate: marmorum quadrati, Cassiod. Var. 2, 7.

— Transf., fitting, suitable (rare): lenis et quadrata verborum compositio, Quint. 2, 5, 9; cf. id. 9, 4, 69.

— Hence, adv.: quā^drātē, fourfold, four times (post-class.), Manil. 2, 295.
 
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