quā̆dro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [quadrus].
I 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.—
B 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. —
II 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.—
B Trop.
1 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).—
2 Of words, to be fitting , appropriate : scire, quod quoque loco verborum maxime quadret, Quint. 9, 4, 60.— Hence, quā̆drātus , a, um, P. a.
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 Müll.; cf. on the Roma quadrata, Becker, Alterth. 1, p. 105 sq. —
2 Substt.
a quā̆drātum , i, n.
α 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.—
β Astronom. t. t., quadrature , quartile , Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89: luna in quadrato solis dividua est, Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 80.—
b quā̆drātus , i, m., a square , quadrate : marmorum quadrati, Cassiod. Var. 2, 7. —
B Transf., fitting , suitable (rare): lenis et quadrata verborum compositio, Quint. 2, 5, 9; cf. id. 9, 4, 69. — Hence, adv.: quā̆drātē , fourfold , four times (post-class.), Manil. 2, 295.