quādrans (noun M) : (
* Gen. plur. quadrantūm, Front. Aquaed. 24), m. quattuor.
* A fourth part, a fourth, a quarter: operae,Col. 2, 4, 8: diei noctisque,Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 207.
* In partic.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* As a measure of time, a fourth of a day, six hours, Sol. 1, 39; 1, 41 sq.
* 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.