quadriga

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Pronunciation

/kwɒdˈɹiː.ɡə/(UK)

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/kwɒdˈɹiː.ɡə/(UK) · /kwəˈdɹiː.ɡə/(UK) · /kwɑˈdɹi.ɡə/(US) · /kwɑˈdɹaɪ.ɡə/(US)

Definition of quadriga

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(historical)A Roman racing chariot drawn by four horses abreast.

“In the Vatican Library is a vase of terra cotta, on whose upper part we see delineated the sun and moon, in a quadriga, which proceeds forward [travels, voyages, fulfils its course] upon a ship. […] Both these deities stand in a quadriga, which indeed is the vehicle proper to the sun, insomuch that the Rhodians every year threw into the sea a quadriga, dedicated to this divinity.”
“On another denarius we see Victory holding a wreath and driving a quadriga […]”

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noun

(historical)A Roman racing chariot drawn by four horses abreast.

“In the Vatican Library is a vase of terra cotta, on whose upper part we see delineated the sun and moon, in a quadriga, which proceeds forward [travels, voyages, fulfils its course] upon a ship. […] Both these deities stand in a quadriga, which indeed is the vehicle proper to the sun, insomuch that the Rhodians every year threw into the sea a quadriga, dedicated to this divinity.”
“On another denarius we see Victory holding a wreath and driving a quadriga […]”
(historical)A team of four horses, or sometimes other animals, especially as used in chariot racing.

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From Latin quadrīgae, literally "four yoked", from quattuor (“four”) + iugum (“yoke”).

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