quadrivia

Plural of quadrivium. quadrivial (kwod-riv'i-al), a, and n. [L. quad rivius, having ing four ways, + -al. Cf. trivial.] I. a. 1. Having four ways meeting in a point; leading in four directions. A forum, with quadrivial streets. B. Jonson , Expostulation with Inigo Jones. 2. Belonging to the quadrivium: thus, quad rivial astrology is astrology in the sense in which astrology is a branch of the quadrivium -that is, astronomy. II. n. One of the four arts constituting the quadrivium. quadrum (kwodʼrum), n. [L., square, any thing square in form, neut. of (LL.) quadrus, four-cornered, square: see quadral, quadrate. ] In music, same as natural, 7. quadruman, quadrumane (kwod'rö-man, manus, four-handed: see quadrumanous.] A four-handed quadruped; an animal capable of using all four feet as hands; specifically, a member of the Quadruman a. Quadruman a (kwod-rö'ma-na), n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. of quadruman us, four-handed: see quadrumanous.] An order of Mammal i a named by Blumenbach in 1791, including all kinds of apes, monkeys, and lemurs; the quadrumanous mammals: so called because their hind as well as fore feet can be used as hands. The term is scarcely used now, being superseded by Primates; but Primates includes both the Bimana (man alone) and the Quadruman a of the earlier systems. When the name was in vogue the Quadruman a were usually divided into Catarrh in i , Old World apes and monkeys; Platyrrhini , New World monkeys; and Strepsirrhini , lemurs. quadrumanous (kwod-rö'ma-nus), a . [ quadruman us , four-handed, quattuor ( quad ru-), = E. four , + manus , hand: see mains .] Four-handed; Four-handed; having all four feet fitted for use as hands: said of mammals, as opo ums, etc.; specifically, of or pertaining to the Quad rumana. Also quad rima no us. The strongly convex upper lip frequently seen among the lower cla es of the Irish is a modified quadrumanous character. E. D. Cope , Origin of the Fittest, p. 291. quadruped (kwod'rö-ped), a . and n . [= F. = quadrupède Pr. quadruped i = Sp. cuadrupede, cuadrúpedo = Pg. quadrupede = It. quadrupede, quadrupedo, quad having four feet, a four-footed creature, quat tuor ( quadru- ), = E. four, + pes ( ped- ) = E. foot. ] I. a. Four-footed; having four limbs fitted for sustaining the the body and for progre ion; habitually going on all fours: opposed to aliped and biped: correlated with quadruma nous and pedimanous: chiefly said of mammals, but also of four-footed reptiles, as lizards and tortoises. Compare quadrumanous. II. n. A four-footed or quadruped animal: especially, a four-footed mammal, as distinguished from a biped , as man or a bird. quadrupedal (kwod'rö-ped-al), a . and n. OF. quadrupedal = Sp. cuadrupedal = Pg. quad [= rupedal; as quadruped + -al.] I. a. Quadruped or four-footed; especially, going on all fours, or adapted or restricted to that mode of progre ion: as, the quadrupedal shape; quad The quadrivials - I meane arythmetike, musike, geo me-ne trie, and astronomie- & with them all skill in the perspectiues, are now smallie regarded in either of them [the universities]. Holinshed, Descrip. of England, ii. 3. quadrivious (kwod-riv'i-us), a. [ When the cheese was so rotten with them [vermin] that only the twigs and string kept it from tumbling to pieces and walking off quadrivious, it came to table. C. Reade, Cloister and Hearth, xxiv. quadrivium (kwod-riv'i-um), n.; pl. quadrivia (-a). [ number), and astronomy (treating of number in motion). This Pythagorean quadrivium, preceded by the trivium of grammar, logic, and rhetoric, made up the seven liberal arts taught in the schools of the Roman empire. quadrivoltine (kwod-ri-vol'tin), n. [ rupedal locomotion. II. n. A quadruped. [Rare.] The coldest of any quadrupedal. Howell, Parly of Beasts, p. 11. quadruped a ted (kwod'rộ-pe-da-ted), a. quadruped + -ate + -ed2.] Made or become four-footed or like a beast; turned into a quadruped. [Rare.] Deformed and luxate with the prosecution of vanities; quadruped a ted with an earthly, stooping, grovelling cove Rev. T. Adams , Works, I. 399. to us ne .