quadriangulus

quadriangulus
quā̆drĭangŭlus, a, um, adj. [quattuor-angulus], four-cornered, quadrangular (post-Aug.);

figura,

Plin. 13, 22, 38, § 118:

herba quadriangulo caule,

id. 25, 6, 27, § 63:

membrum,

Aus. Epigr. 128. — As subst.: quădrĭangŭlum, i, n., a quadrilateral figure, quadrangle, Prisc. Fig. Num. p. 417; cf. quadrangulum.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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