quadrantarius
ψυχῶν σοφῶν φροντιστήριον → thought-shop of wise souls
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
quā̆drantārĭus: a, um, adj. id..
I Prop., of or belonging to a quarter, relating to a fourth part: in tabulis quadrantariis, quas ait ab Hirtuleio institutas, i. e. new accounts reducing all debts to one fourth, Cic. Font. 1, 2.—
II In partic., relating to a quarter of an as (as a coin), that costs a quarter of an as, etc.: res quadrantaria, i. e. a bath (because a quarter of an as was the price of a bath; v. quadrans, II. B), Sen. Ep. 86, 8: mulier, of Clodia, wife of Metellus, who sold herself for a bath, Cic. Cael. 26, 62; she is also called Clytaemnestra quadrantaria, because, like Clytaemnestra, she destroyed her husband, Cael. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 53.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
quădrantārĭus,¹⁴ a, um,
1 d’un quart, du quart : tabulas quadrantariæ Cic. Font. 2, tables (= lois) réduisant les dettes d’un quart
2 qui coûte le quart d’un as : Sen. Ep. 86, 8 ; quadrantaria permutatio Cic. Cæl. 62, échange d’un quart d’as [entre Clodia et le baigneur] ; quadrantaria Clytæmnestra Cæl. d. Quint. 8, 6, 53, Clytemnestre au quart d’as = courtisane de bas étage [en parl. de Clodia.
