Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
quā̆drus: a, um, adj. for quatrus, from quattuor,
I square (post-class.): quadrus terminus, Auct. Limit. p. 281 Goes.: cella, Pall. 1, 40: lapides, Vulg. Isa. 9, 10.