τετράγων-ος [ᾰ], ον,
with four angles, but usually
square, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δοκοὶ τ.
squared, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξύλα τ. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; τ. ἐργασία, of the Hermes-statues, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κύκλος τετράγωνος ταῖς ἐπιφανείαις a ring
with four surfaces, the breadth of the outer and inner equal to the depth of the two sides, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
2) τὸ τ.
a square, [
Refs 5th c.BC+], and frequently in Geometry texts, but sometimes of any
quadrilateral, [
Refs 4th c.BC+] “*Deff.” 100, [
Refs 5th c.AD+]
2.b) in Tactics,
a body of men drawn up in square, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3) τ. ἀριθμός a
square number, i.e. a number
made up of two equal factors, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
4)
in quartile aspect, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
II)
metaphorically,
square, i.e.
perfect as a square, χερσί τε καὶ ποσὶ καὶ νόῳ τετράγωνος τετυγμένος [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
III) ἱμάτιον τ, of the χλαῖνα
which hung square, while the χλαμύς took a circular form, [
Refs]; contrasted with the ἡμικύκλιον formed by the Roman toga, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
III.2) οἱ ἔμποροι καὶ οἱ τὴν τ. ἐργαζόμενοι perhaps
those who trade in the ἀγορὰ τετράγωνος, Durrbach
Choix d'Inscrr. de Délos [
Refs]
IV)
adverb -νως[
Refs 2nd c.AD+]