I.gen. plur. quadrantūm, Front. Aquaed. 24), m. quattuor.
I. A fourth part, a fourth, a quarter: “operae,” Col. 2, 4, 8: “diei noctisque,” Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 207. —
II. In partic.
A. A fourth part, a fourth of a whole: “creditoribus quadrantem solvi,” Vell. 2, 23, 2: “heres ex quadrante,” of the fourth part of the inheritance, Suet. Caes. 83; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 7, 1; Dig. 44, 4, 17, § 2; Ulp. Frag. 24, 32.—
B. The fourth part of an as (as a coin), three unciae: “nota in triente et quadrante rates (fuit). Quadrans antea teruncius vocatus a tribus unciis,” Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 45: “quadrans mihi nullus est in arcā,” not a farthing, not a copper, Mart. 2, 44, 9; Liv. 3, 18, 11; Juv. 1, 121.—As the customary price of a bath (cf. quadrantarius): “dum tu quadrante lavatum Rex ibis,” Hor. S. 1, 3, 137; cf. Sen. Ep. 86, 8; Juv. 6, 446.—As the smallest coin, a mite, farthing, Hor. S. 2, 3, 93; Juv. 7, 8; Vulg. Matt. 5, 26; id. Marc. 12, 42.—
C. Of the rate of interest, four for a hundred: “usurae quadrantes,” four per cent., Dig. 33, 1, 21.—
D. As a measure of land, a quarter of an acre (jugerum), Col. 5, 1, 10. —
E. As a weight, a quarter of a pound, Mart. 11, 105, 1.—With pondo: “amomi pondo quadrans,” Col. 12, 20, 5; Cato, R. R. 84, 1: “quadrans pondo bacarum,” Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 156. —
F. As a measure for liquids, the fourth part of a sextarius, three cyathi: “ita ut earum calices quadrantes octoginta capere possint,” Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 4: “quadrantem duplicare,” Mart. 9, 94, 2: “vini,” Cels. 3, 15.—
G. As a measure of length, a quarter of a foot: “pedes duodecim et quadrantem,” Gell. 3, 10, 11; 9, 4, 10; cf. Cato, R. R. 18, 2; 18, 6.—A quarter-digit, Front. Aquaed. 25.—
H. As a measure of time, a fourth of a day, six hours, Sol. 1, 39; 1, 41 sq.
