quadrator

Latin

Etymology

From quadrō (“make square”) +‎ -tor, from quadrus (“square, four-sided”), from quattuor (“four”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷaˈdraː.tor/, [kʷäˈd̪räːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwaˈdra.tor/, [kwäˈd̪räːt̪or]

Noun

quadrātor m (genitive quadrātōris, feminine quadrātrīx); third declension

1. stonecutter

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	quadrātor	quadrātōrēs
genitive	quadrātōris	quadrātōrum
dative	quadrātōrī	quadrātōribus
accusative	quadrātōrem	quadrātōrēs
ablative	quadrātōre	quadrātōribus
vocative	quadrātor	quadrātōrēs

Synonyms

• (stonecutter): quadrātārius

Related terms

• quadrātārius
• quadrātē
• quadrātiō
• quadrātum
• quadrātūra
• quadrātus
• quadrō
• quadrus

References

• “quadrator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quadrator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.