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Q as a pranomen, denotes Quintus, 
*5 as, Q. Csecilius Metellus. - 
U Also, for que. S. P. Q. R. ft. e. Sena- 
tns populusque Romanus. 
UUa (from the ablat. of qui, quae, quod), 
ad v. sc. parte, on that side where. — Hence, 
for ubi, where. Cic. Ad omnes aditus 
qua adire poterat. JVepos. Du® via, 
qua ad hibernacula posset perveniri. — 
Hence, Qua — qua, partly — partly, or 
as well — as, both — and. Cic. Qua domi- 
nus, qua advocati. Liv. Qua nobilita- 
te gentis, qua corporis magnitudine. — 
Also, as far as. Ovid. Eft'uge, qua po- 
tes. Quintal. Mitigare naturam, qua 
repugnat. — Also, whither. Ovid. Qua 
tulit impetus ilios-IT Also, sc. ra- 
tione, how, in what way, by what method 
or means. Cic. Illuc qua veniam ? 
Virg. Qua facere possis. — Hence, Ne 
qua, lest by any means. Tcrent. Fieri po- 
tis est ne qua exeat. — Hence, in general, 
for quam. Colum Intra triginta dies, 
qua defecta est. But Ed. Schneid. reads 
quam, which is more usual. 
QIIACONQUE (from quicunque, sc. par¬ 
te), adv. wheresoever, wherever. Liv. 
Quacunque custodiant. Cic. and jYcp. 
Quacunque iter fecit. — Also, from what 
side soever, whencesoever. Plin. Mun- 
dus convexus, mediusque quacunque 
cernatur.-If Also, whithersoever. Cic. 
Quacunque nos commovimus_If Al¬ 
so, in what manner soever, howsoever. 
Virg. 
QUADANTiSNOS, or QUaDaMTkNOS 
(properly, quadam tenus, sc. parte), 
adv. to a certain point. Horat. - 
IT Also, in part, in some measure, some¬ 
what, to a certain extent, pexpi Tiv6y. 
Plin. 
QUaDi, orum, m. a people of Moravia. 
Tacit. 
QUXDRX, ®, f. See Quadras. 
QUXDRaGkNaRIOS (quadrageni), a, 
um, adj. containing forty, of the number 
forty. Hence, of forty years, forty years 
old. Sencc. pupillus. — Also, of meas¬ 
ure. Vitruv. fistula, h. e. made of a 
plate forty inches in breadth. Cato, do- 
lium, h. e. perhaps, capable of holdinn- 
forty congii. 
QUADRAGeNI (quadraginta), ®, a, adj. 
forty, distributively. Cic. and Liv. - 
IT Also, without distribution, forty. Co- 
lum. 
QUXDRaGeSIMOS (Id.), a, um, adj. the 
fortieth, TSoaapaKOarSs. Cato. pars. 
Parr. Nono et quadragesimo anno. 
Sueton. Quadragesima, sc. pars. Par 
ticularly , the fortieth part of a tax. Ta¬ 
cit. andSaet. 
QUXDRaGIeS (Id.), adv. forty times , 
TCvaapaKovT&Kis. Jiurel . Viet.. — With 
Sestert. or IT. S. (h. e. sestertium, sing, 
neut.) it denotes forty hundred thou- 
sand sesterces or four millions. Cic. 
Elacc. 13. 
A, forty , TCaoapaKOvra. 
QUXDRANGOLATOS (quadrangulus), a, 
urn, adj. quadrangular. Tertull. 
QUXDRaNGDLOS (quatuor & angu- 
~ his), a, um, adj. quadrangular, having 
PUn C ° r " Crs 0r an S l «s, TSTpayon/at 
ftUXDRANS (quadro), tis, m. the fourth 
po-rt of any thing, a quarter, rcTaprripi- 
Piov. Cic. — Hence, the fourth part of an 
as, or three unci®. Liv. This was the 
usual price for bathing. — Also, the 
jourth part of any whole. Vellei. Credi- 
toribus quadrantem solvi. Suet. Ex 
fiuadrante heredem instituere, h. c. the 
fourth part of an inheritance. — Also, of 
interest , four per cent. Pandect. Quad- 
rantes usuras. — Also, the fourth part of 
an acre (jugerum). Colum. — Also, a 
quarter of a pound, three ounces. Mar- 
, 11 is also joined with pondo , a 
l'-artcr of a pound. Colum. — Also, as 
n«w ea c SUre of thin g s liquid, the fourth 
p t "•> a sextarius, or three cyathi. Mar¬ 
tial. and Cels. — Also, the fourth part of 
afoot. Gell. 
QTJXDRANTXL (quadrantalis), alis, n. a 
measure, otherwise called amphora, con¬ 
taining eight congii. Cato and Plant. 
-IT Also, a die, cube. Gell. 
QUXDRaNTaLxS (quadrans), e, adj. 
2 containing the fourth part of a measure. 
Plin. Crassitudine quadrantali, h. c. of 
a quarter of a foot. 
QUXDRaNTaRIuS (Id.), a, um, adj. of 
or belonging to a quadrans, or that may 
be hud for a quadrans. Senec. Cur enim 
ornaretur res quadrantaria, et in usum, 
non in oblectamenta reperta? h. e. the 
bath; for the price of bathing was a 
quadrans. Hence, Cic. Cwl. 26. (of 
Clodia, wife of Metellus), Nisi forte 
mulier potens quadrantaria ilia permu- 
tatione familiaris facta erat halneatori, 
h. c. common prostitute, who offers herself 
to every body ( quadrantaria may belong 
to permutatione). So, also, as it seems, 
Quintil. Quadrantaria Clytremnestra (of 
the same Clodia). 
QUXDRaRIOS, a, um, adj. Cato, R. R. 
18. vasa (but without sense: some 
read qnadrinis, or quadnjugis). 
QUXDRaTaRIuS (quadratus, quadra- 
3 turn), ii, m. a stone-cutter, xpoucrys. Si- 
don. 
QUXDRaTe (quadratus), adv. Manil. 
3 Ternaque bis senis quadrate fingere sig- 
nis, h. e. cum duodecim sint Zodiaci 
signa, in tria quadrata, seu in tres par¬ 
tes, qu® singul® quatuor contineant, 
ea dividere. 
QUXDRATI5 (quadro), onis, f. a square. 
2 Vitruv. 
QUXDRaTuRa (Id.), ®, f. a reducing to 
3 a square, squaring, quadrature. Apul. 
circuli. — Hence, a square, square plate. 
Vopisc. 
QUXDRaTOS (Id.), a, um, adj. square, 
Tcrpayoivuy. Lvcrct. turris. Varr. ap. 
Plin. basis. Id. anguli, h. e. recti. 
Id. pes, square foot. Id. figura, a square, 
quadrate -Hence,Quadrature, a square, 
quadrate. Cic. De dimensione quadra- 
ti. Plin. Quaterna cubita soli in quad¬ 
ratum quaternis denariis venundantur, 
four cubits square. Also, among astrol¬ 
ogers, Quadratum, when a planet, for 
instance that under which a person is 
born, is at that time distant from anoth¬ 
er heavenly body, say the sun, the 
fourth part of the zodiac or three signs ; 
( Triangulum, when it is distant a third 
part or four signs). Cic. Diirin. 2, 42. 
In like manner, Plin. Luna in quadra- 
to soils dividua est, h. e. when at the 
first quarter. — Quadratus is also used 
of other things, which, though not per j 
fectly square, approach that shape. 
Thus, Liv. Capitolium saxo quadrato 
substructure est, h. e. squared, heron so 
as to fit on every side (the opposite of 
ccementitius). Plin. Fornices quadrati 
lapidis. Also, Pctron. Canis ingens in 
pariete erat pictus, superque quadrata 
littera scriptum, Cave canem, A. c. in 
great or capital letters, which consist of 
right and square lines. Also, Sueton. 
Statura quadrata, medium, middling, 
neither * too tall nor too short. In like 
manner, Cels. Corpus habilissimum 
quadratum est, neqite gracile, neque 
obesum. Plin. Quadrata signa, A. c. 
statu®. Colum. Parandi sunt boves 
novel! i, quadrati. (In some of these 
places it may also be rendered, well-set., 
thick-set, square.) Also, Tibull. Quad¬ 
rature agmen, an army marching in a 
rectangle, the baggage in the midst; 
and so ready for any enemy. Hence, 
Sallust, and Cic. Agmine quadrato in- 
cedere, ire, A. e. in battle array, with 
closed ranks, ready for battle. Also, Pe¬ 
tr on. Quadratum pallium, ft. e. four- 
cornered, or, having four points. Also, 
Gell. numerus, a square number. Also, 
Id. versus, ft. e. an Iambic verse of eight 
(and also of seven) feet or four measures. 
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-IT Also, square, well joined or con¬ 
structed. Quintil. compositio (verbo 
rum). To this may be referred, Sueton. 
statura (in the sense of well-propor¬ 
tioned). — Hence, Colum. Per quadrata 
dolare materiam, in a fitting manner , 
fitly. 
QUXDRIaNGOLOS, a, um, adj. same as 
Quadrangulus. Auson. 
QUXDRIDkNS (quatuor &. dens), tis, 
3 adj. having four teeth, four-toothed. 
Cato. 
QUXDRIeNNaLIS ^quadriennis), e, adj. 
3 of four years. Pandect. 
QUXDRIeNNIS (quatuor & annus), e, 
3 adj. of four years. Aar el. Viet. Va- 
lentinianus adhuc quadriennis creatus 
est imperator, four years old. 
QUXDRIeNNIUM (quadriennis), ii, n 
(properly, as it seems, an adj. sc. spa 
t ium), the space of four years, a time of - 
four years, four years, TCrpaerla. Cic. 
Fundus, quern quadriennium possedit 
C®sennia. Id. Quadriennio ante Phi¬ 
lippi mortem. 
QUXDRIFARIAM (quatuor & the term. 
2 fariam, like bifariam, &c.), adv. fozir- 
futd, into four parts, rerpaxios. Liv. 
Conjurati quadrifariam se diviserunt. 
Sueton. Epulas trifariam semper, inter- 
dum quadrifariam dispertiebat. - 
IT Also, fourfold, in a fourfold manner, 
in four ways. Pandect. 
QUAD RIF ARi TER (quatuor dr the ter- 
3 initiation), adv. in a fourfold /winner, in 
four ways. Pandect. 
QUXDRIFIDuS (quatuor & fin''o), a,um, 
2 adj. cleft (or that may be clefl) into four 
parts. Virg. Quadrifidasque codes et 
acuto robore vallos. Id. Qa-.drifidam 
quercum cuneis scindebat, ft e. split it 
into four parts. Colum 'Pale® quad- 
rifidas ridicas subminiotiaiit. — Figur. 
divided into finer parts; ol til', mill’s course 
through the seasons. Claudian. 
QUXDRIFINaLIS (qiij/irifinium),e, adj. 
3 bordering on four place s, or marking four 
boundaries. Innocent 
QUXDRIFINIUM (quatuor & finis), ii, 
3 n. a place where four f ormdaries meet. In¬ 
nocent. 
QUXDRIFLOVIUM (quatuor & fluvius), 
2 ii, n. the flowing inta four parts. Figur. 
Vitruv. Abies quadrifluviis disparatur, 
A. e. in quatuor p irtes secundum cursus 
venarum. 
QUXDRIFLcOH (quatuor & fluo), a, um, 
3 adj. flowing iv four streams or into four 
parts. Pt udent. 
QUXDRIF5KIS (quatuor & fores), e, 
9 adj. having four doors or holes, rerpa- 
Svpos. Plin. Vesp® nidos faciunt quad- 
rifores. Vitruv. janu®, with four 
leaves. 
QUXDRTFRoNS (quatuor & frons), tis, 
3 adj. having four foreheads. Augustin. 
QUXDRTGX, ®, f. Plur. QUXDRIGJE 
(for quadrijug®, from quatuor Sc. ju- 
gum), arum, a yoke of four (horses), 
four (horses) yoked abreast, Te^pirrjov, 
Tcrp/opav. Virg. Glauci Potniades ma¬ 
ils membra absumpsere quadrig®. Liv. 
Exinde, duabus gRmotis quadrigis, in 
currus earum illigat Mettum. — Par¬ 
ticularly of those who contended at 
public shows. Cic. Curru quadiigarum 
vehi. Virg. Carceribus sese eft'udere 
quadrig®. — Poetically attributed to the 
sun, Plaut.; to Aurora, Virg.; to 
night, Tibull. — Also, found in the 
sing. Plin. Quadriga currusque, A. e 
quatuor equi cum curru. Propcrt. Ele® 
palm a quadrig®. — Used also of other 
animals, besides horses. Varr. of asses. 
Sueton. of camels. — Hence, Sueton. 
Ebur ieis quadrigis in abaco ludere, ft. e. 
with dice, which had the form of quadri¬ 
ga . — Figur. any thing consisting of 
four, any four. Vopisc. Quadrig® ty- 
ra.ir.orum,/rwr tyrants, a yoke of four 
tyrants. -IT Also, a chariot drawn by 
four horses abreast; a foAr-horse chariot. 
Liv. and Ilirt. Falcat® quadrig® (in 
