599 / 868
P
y
T
5
20 )
r y
T
1,.,
l..:"v. in
lhe rugn of
Sen'jus
Tulli.us,in
the year of
(:~:::
\\OII.-i
~
;72.
Ii 's
lIl.t~ lllS
of morality were
a~t.llir;¡hle:
fOl'
he was.
ror
h
1\' lnr;
Ihe
!ludy
of
pll1loforhy folely tE:nd
t.,)
elc:v:ite
m:
l.Ilto a r;.:"enól ..
nceofdl~ D~Hy .
He
lldic"cd
thal
G od
is a
r(lU!
rl: ff
,red
ti
rough
~II
Odl ure,
ano
that fron. him hu–
m.)" fllUls ue dcri ved ; th.\t (hey are imnt:>rt,d ; and tha t
Olen
n~~J
onl, t<lke
rains lO
purJ:c
lhcmfclves of
thc:ir
VICC'S
in order
lO
be united
10 lhe
Dltity.
He made
u–
ni~y
lh e principie of
;:tI!
thi ngs
~ ~nJ
bdteved. th;tt he–
tWt!,'n
G ,d
and
nun
thert:U1!
vHio~s
oroef.S
offpiritllJ I
b: ·~!!s.
'.vllo are ,he ¡ninifltls of the Suprcme Bl!lOg He
C'
or.dl!m nt d al l inlJgt!s of
lhe
D \ity.
and would
luve
lIim \Io'orth'pped \!11th as few ceremon¡es as poITI,le.
Hls
u.kirles
bn\ught
all their
goods ¡mo
a
C0111m on
Iloek,
cvotcmned
tlu:
ple,d~.l res
of
reoCe,
ahíl.lin!d rron'l
fwear–
in:;.
eat
no' hinc ,hitt
lud life. ami hdicH::d in lhe doc_
t nne of
a me
r
cl1\pfy.:hor.s
S:-::ME 'l Ef\IPS VCIIOSIS,
Pyn": aroras
maJe
his
fchol.rsulldeq:o:\ fevue
nO\'lcl
>l.teof
(jltono!
f<lr
a l
le.dtlWO
y~arSj
and
11
is
faid.
tha.( wller!!
he ,ddcerned
100
great an iteh for talk:n,g, he extend–
ed
ít
to bve,
H is d¡fciples
were
there:')rc: dlvldcd
ioto two e1afTci: of
whieh
lhe
fidi
were fimple
hearers¡
ami the
Ltn
(l1ch as \Vero:: tlllmvcd tOpropare thcir
d;ffi -:ul–
tieso ano letlrn
Ihe
rcaCoos of
all th,;.t
WiU
t,¡ug!u tbere.
Tht:
Py~hagorc~n:;,
jt
is
raid, on th:ir
rlfin~
from
oeJ .
rou f~J
the min..J
wlth
[he
lound of
the
lyTe,
in older to
11l,.kc
th:m
nhlrc
lit
for
thc aétions
of the day;
anJ
at
nigh[
r~rumt:.d
lh'! Iyrc, 10
orde r
la prep \re
themCd vei
ror
O::e p,
by
c,t1ming
,,1(
their
tumultuous
though ts.
The
figurat,ve
OJannef
In
which
he
gH'e
his inítrut'bon,.
was
borrow~d
(rom (he l+:brews, EgYP"ans, and
other
o ..
rientftls.
Saine:
th lOk he dl!nved
!lIS philof..>t'hy rrom th e
book. of M ol<s. aod that he conver(ed ",ith Ezekicl
and D aniel
.It
13Jbylon
j
bu! thls
IS
mere
conjeclure.
SOI1l~
anthors
!dy.
ehdt he lert nOl hing in
writing ;
bui
L acrtlus and
othcrs
att ributc
fc:veral treati(es tO him
HI~
goldc::n
ve,
f....
s.
altribulcu
uy
fome
tO
one
of
his
dir:
clplo:"
are
allowed
10 be an exaa
capy
of
t~e
ft:¡') timents
of that
J ivi ne phd
.(<lpher, frolO whoCe fchoul
proceedeJ
the g-eatef! phdoforbe rs aod leg,O"ors.
PYTHIt\, io ant'quity, the 'pnellefs of Apollo
at
D elphi.
by
whom
he deh\'e-n·d
araclt:s ; /he w,¡s
thus
calJl!'d from
(he
god
h1ln(df, who
\Vas dencnnlo01tC!d
Apollo
Pylhio~.
from his I1dylog tbo f.....pent I'ython.
Q.
Q.
U A
() U ACK.
among
phyficia ns,
the
fJOle Wilh empiric.
~Sec
EMP1R I C.
,
QYADRAGE.SIMA , a deoomioation giveo t lent, from
..s
conrifliog
of forly
ddys .
Sce
L ENT.
QY.\DRANGLE, io geometry, th<
f.me\Vitha quadrila·
teral
figure.
or
ooe
confiHing of
fou r
fides
and
fourangles.
QY .\ DRANS, the quarter or founh pa" of aoy thing,
particuhrly
the
nI.
o(
pound.
QYADR.ANT.
in geometry. tl:e
arch of
a ci rcle, contain·
InJ::
90°,
or
the
fou rth pan
of
the enlire periphcry_
Q
u
A
o R
A
ST
",ICo
denotes
a
malhem:Hieal
inCl rUIll"ent, of
grea l
ufe io
anronomy
and
navig01l ion, for taking
(he
ft hll\ld~s
of
Ihe
fun
and
llars. See
As ·r RoSOf,lY. p. 4P .
Q..~A DR:\T,
.i
m:uhematic:.1 inO rllment, calleu
O1lfo a
g!'o:ll:!tric:tl fqllar e. and line of {hadows!
it
is frequently
:'\0
¡\(j.JiUOIl041
me'nlla
0:1
thc face
of
the
common qua–
tlrant , as
04lfo on
(hor~
o' Gunter's and
Suuon's
<¡lJdJranl.
~¡\nRJ\T,
in
a!'! Ielogy.
the fame Wilh
quanile.
Sce
QUARTIL I::.
~
A
DRil. T, in prioling. a píece of
metal caH
I.ke(he let–
(f rs.
tO
fiJl
up ,he void [paces betwcen words,
61.",
1 '¡'cre are qU.ldrats
of
diff'ert'ot fi zcs.
as
m.qu,dr:us.
n–
qua.llals.
0(.
which
are,
ref¡:>e8Ivel,. ofthc Jimcnlions
of
rhl'fe
1C'!ters .
·Q.U ADRt\TIC E't,UATlO'. in .Icebra. See ALC ERRA,
p.
oo.
QY
ADR '\TR IX, in geom$try.• med1.1nie.1 line. byme.n.
wJ¡erc:of
,wl!
lAn
fi nd
ri~hl
Imes
c'l'lal
to
lhe ci rcumfe–
renee
vr
clrC'les or
OlhC'r
curvrs ,
ano
Ihcir fc\'era l paTl s.
~
\ DtL\T"IX
"1
V :ll
l
j!raleJ,
ro
r,tlkd
from ilS invl,'ntor
Q.
u
A
D inoflrates,
is a
cu rve,
whereby t!le qu,,-drature of tha
clrele
is effe:(tcd mechanic.d ly.
QYADRATURE, in geome"y, deootes the fq oariog. or
reducing
01
6 b ure
10
a
fquare .
T hus.
the 6odloS
of
a
fq llare,
which
tlull eontaio jurl O1S much furfaee
or
area.
as
a cirele. an ellipris,
a crianglc.
6c,
is the quad raturc:
ofacircle,
ellipfis,
6,.
See
GEOME TRY.
~¡\DR
..
\TURE,
in
aH ronomy. that
O1rp~
...
't
of lhe moon,
whcn
rh<:
is
()Oo
diHant
(rom
thefun.
Sce
ASTROSOM T.
QYA D R :\TUS, io QOltOft' y, • OM.e giveo tO fever. l
nl'lfclcs 00
aceount
of
their fquare 6gure. Se.:
A N AT O–
MY, P Ul
11.
QY :\DREL, in 'ui lding. a kind o( .rti6,i.1 (lon. , fo c.1I.
td from ilS bClng perfeélly fquare.
T he qu.drels are
m.deof ch. lky earth,
&c.
and
dricd
in
the
/haue: for
IWO
y~a". Th~Ce
\VC!re
fOIOlC.rly
in
grear reqttdl
amolng lhe Il dluo
architdls:.
Q.UADRIENN1UilluTILE, iIlS<otsl ..
w.
$cOLA \\', T it.
VII .
J
7.
Q!!ADRIGA. in antlquity, a
car
ot
.:hariot Jrawn
by
(our
hor~s
I
011 Ihe
reverCes of
med.
.lls. we
freq\lcndy
Cee lhe enl–
p! ro r
or
vh.'lory in
d
qu01drtgl.
holding
lhe
relos
of tllt:
horres : \'t hence
thet'e
c..>:"m:
ttre, among lhe
cunous ,
c,¡1I_
eJ
nummi
q uatl rig Hí.
;;ncl
\'I{ton.H' .
QY ..
\DRIL'\TER:\L.
in
r.COIll('IT)'.
a
fi~u re
whorc
r(~ri
meter
cunfifts
of
tour
ri~l, t hnc~,
InaJ...lng
'·<lu r
¡hl~ks
;
whcllce
11
j"
:1110
cdle:d
.l
qUAdrangul.trli ~ure .
OU ;\DR lLLE,
a
hu le,Hu<l" .H
;o:n r\nv ol"c.4\,\lu..·rs. r om·
poutly
drcil~J,
aod
l11ou:n:o
flo.lr(he
r;:r:·!Jr:llJ:;':~
uf
\..·A–
routl!!=J