〈latera quadrata〉 ‘square sign’
〈τετράγωνον〉 tetragōnon ‘square’
quadratum
Latin noun
Last edited: 2025-01-29| Primary meaning | square |
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| Literal translation | square |
| Variants | quadratum |
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square aspect
quia de quadrato horoscopum respicit et per quadratum ab horoscopo videtur.
‘because it influence the ascendant in square aspect and is influenced by it in square’
at, quae divisa quaternis partibus aequali laterum sunt condita ductu quorum designat normalis virgula sedes, haec quadrata ferunt.
‘But the signs which are separated by quarters of the circle and are situated upon a figure with equal sides, the positions of which a square rule draws, these signs are called quadrate.’
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). quadratum (Lemma #1014). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1014/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). quadratum (Lemma #1014). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1014/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). quadratum (Lemma #1014). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1014/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) quadratum (Lemma #1014), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1014/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1014,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2025},
title = {quadratum ({Lemma} #1014)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1014/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1014/},
}