τετράγων-ος[ᾰ],ον ,
A. with four angles, but usu.square, Hdt. 1.178 , 181 , 2.124 , Hp. Fract. 13 ;δοκοὶ τ.squared, Th. 4.112 ;ξύλα τ. IG 12.313.101 , 42(1).108.162 , al. (Epid.,iv/iii B.C.);τ. ἐργασία, of the Hermes-statues, Th. 6.27 ; πρόσωπον -ότερον
Arist. Phgn. 809b16
;κύκλος τετράγωνος ταῖς ἐπιφανείαιςa ringwith four surfaces, the breadth of the outer and inner equal to the depth of the two sides, Ptol. Alm. 5.1 (with the commentary of Procl. Hyp. 6.3 ).
2. τὸ τ.a square, Pl. R. 510d , and freq. in Geom., but sts. of anyquadrilateral, Arist. Metaph. 1054b2 , cf. Hero
*Deff.
100 , Procl. in Euc. p.166 F.
b. in Tactics,a body of men drawn up in square, X. Lac. 12.1 ; τ. τάξις
Th. 4.125
.
3. τ. ἀριθμόςasquarenumber, i.e. a numbermade up of two equal factors, Pl. Tht. 147e , Phld. Sign. 1 , 15 .
4. in quartile aspect, Gem. 2.16 , Max. 446 , Procl. Hyp. 1.16 .