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quadrans
[ kwod-ranz ]
noun
- a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the fourth part of an as.
Word History and Origins
Origin of quadrans1
Example Sentences
The year starts with the Quadrantid meteor shower, named after Quadrans Muralis, an archaic constellation that modern astronomers lump in with the constellation known as Boötes.
The Quadrantids get their name from the obsolete constellation Quadrans Muralis, which fell out of favor in the 1920s.
The shower’s name comes from “Quadrans Muralis,” a constellation that does not exist anymore, discovered by French astronomer Jerome Lalande in 1795.
"Located between the constellations Bootes and Draco, Quadrans represents an early astronomical instrument used to observe and plot stars," they added.
We even know the price which was paid for being ferried across the Velabrum: "it was a quadrans, three times as much as one pays now for the boat at the Ripetta."
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