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1 octonarius
octōnārĭus, a, um, adj. [octoni], consisting of eight:numerus,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 86 Müll.:versus,
an Iambic verse of eight feet, Quint. 9, 4, 72; Diom. p. 514 P.:fistula,
the plate for which was eight inches broad, Front. Aquaed. 28; 42; Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 58. -
2 quadro
quā̆dro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [quadrus].I.Act., to make four-cornered, to square, make square:B.abies atque populus ad unguem quadrantur,
Col. 11, 2, 13:lapides,
Vulg. 3 Reg. 5, 17.—Transf., to put in proper order, to join properly together, to complete, perfect:II.quadrandae orationis industria,
in properly arranging, Cic. Or. 58, 197:quae pars quadrat acervum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 35 Orell. ad loc. —Neutr. ( to be square, said of squared stones for building, which fit well together; hence), transf., to square or agree with, to fit, suit:B.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.—Trop.1.Of accounts, to square, agree, accord:2.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).—Of words, to be fitting, appropriate:A.scire, quod quoque loco verborum maxime quadret,
Quint. 9, 4, 60.— Hence, quā̆drātus, a, um, P. 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, 5:2.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. —Substt.a.quā̆drātum, i, n.(α).A [p. 1501] square, a quadrate:(β).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.—Astronom. t. t., quadrature, quartile, Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89:b. B.luna in quadrato solis dividua est,
Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 80.—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.
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