quadriga

quadriga

English

A quadriga

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kwɒdˈɹiː.ɡə/, /kwəˈdɹiː.ɡə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kwɑˈdɹi.ɡə/, /kwɑˈdɹai.ɡə/

Noun

quadriga (plural quadrigae or quadrigas)

1. (historical) A Roman racing chariot drawn by four horses abreast.
   • 1830, Charles Taylor, Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, in five volumes, volume III, page 425

     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.

   • 1898 (May), A. W. Hands, "Chats on Roman coins with young collectors", Monthly Numismatic Circular 66, col. 2719

     On another denarius we see Victory holding a wreath and driving a quadriga […]

2. (historical) A team of four horses, or sometimes other animals, especially as used in chariot racing.

Translations

Roman racing chariot and team of four horses

Ancient Greek: τέθριππον n (téthrippon) Catalan: quadriga f Danish: firspand n Finnish: nelivaljakko (fi), quadriga (fi) French: quadrige (fr) m German: Quadriga (de) f Greek: τέθριππο (el) n (téthrippo) Italian: quadriga (it) f Latin: quadrīgae (la) f Polish: kwadryga (pl) f Portuguese: quadriga (pt) f Russian: квадри́га (ru) f (kvadríga) Spanish: cuadriga (es) f

team of four horses, or other animals

Danish: firspand n Finnish: nelivaljakko (fi) Italian: quadriga (it) f

See also

• quadriga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quadrīga.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /kwəˈdɾi.ɡə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kwaˈdɾi.ɡa/

Noun

quadriga f (plural quadrigues)

1. quadriga

References

• “quadriga” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Further reading

• “quadriga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “quadriga”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “quadriga” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

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Finnish

Etymology

From Latin quādrīgae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʋɑdriɡɑ/, [ˈkʋɑdriɡɑ]

Noun

quadriga

1. (rare) quadriga (Roman racing chariot)

Declension

Inflection of quadriga (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		quadriga	quadrigat
genitive		quadrigan	quadrigoiden quadrigoitten
partitive		quadrigaa	quadrigoita
illative		quadrigaan	quadrigoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		quadriga	quadrigat
accusative	nom.	quadriga	quadrigat
	gen.	quadrigan
genitive		quadrigan	quadrigoiden quadrigoitten quadrigainrare
partitive		quadrigaa	quadrigoita
inessive		quadrigassa	quadrigoissa
elative		quadrigasta	quadrigoista
illative		quadrigaan	quadrigoihin
adessive		quadrigalla	quadrigoilla
ablative		quadrigalta	quadrigoilta
allative		quadrigalle	quadrigoille
essive		quadrigana	quadrigoina
translative		quadrigaksi	quadrigoiksi
instructive		—	quadrigoin
abessive		quadrigatta	quadrigoitta
comitative		—	quadrigoineen

Possessive forms of quadriga (type kulkija)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	quadrigani	quadrigamme
2nd person	quadrigasi	quadriganne
3rd person	quadrigansa

Synonyms

• nelivaljakko

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quadrīga.

Noun

quadriga f (plural quadrighe)

1. quadriga

Further reading

• quadriga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Etymology

From quattuor (“four”) + iugum (“yoke”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʷaˈdriː.ɡa/, [kʷäˈd̪riːɡä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwaˈdri.ɡa/, [kwäˈd̪riːɡä]

Noun

quadrīga f (genitive quadrīgae); first declension

1. quadriga

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	quadrīga	quadrīgae
Genitive	quadrīgae	quadrīgārum
Dative	quadrīgae	quadrīgīs
Accusative	quadrīgam	quadrīgās
Ablative	quadrīgā	quadrīgīs
Vocative	quadrīga	quadrīgae

Descendants

• → English: quadriga
• → Catalan: quadriga
• → Galician: cuadriga
• → Italian: quadriga
• → Portuguese: quadriga
• → Spanish: cuadriga

References

• “quadriga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quadriga in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• quadriga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “quadriga”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• “quadriga”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quadrīga.

Noun

quadriga f (plural quadrigas)

1. quadriga

Further reading

• “quadriga” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.