quadrans

quā̆drans, antis ( 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.