quadratura
Italian
Etymology
From Latin quadrātūra.
Noun
quadratura f (plural quadrature)
- squaring
- La quadratura del cerchio - The squaring of the circle.
- square, panel
- (art) quadrature
Latin
Etymology
From quadrō (“make square”) + -tūra, from quadrus (“square, four-sided”), from quattuor (“four”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷa.draːˈtuː.ra/
Noun
quadrātūra f (genitive quadrātūrae); first declension
- a squaring, making square, quadrature
- (by extension) a square
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | quadrātūra | quadrātūrae |
| Genitive | quadrātūrae | quadrātūrārum |
| Dative | quadrātūrae | quadrātūrīs |
| Accusative | quadrātūram | quadrātūrās |
| Ablative | quadrātūrā | quadrātūrīs |
| Vocative | quadrātūra | quadrātūrae |
Descendants
- English: quadrature
- French: quadrature
- Italian: quadratura
- Russian: квадратура (kvadratura)
References
- quadratura in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- quadratura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- quadratura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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