quadrigae
English
Noun
quadrigae
- plural of quadriga
Synonyms
- quadrigas
Latin
quadrīgae
Etymology
Contracted from quadriiugae, feminine plural of quadriiugus (“of or pertaining to a team of four”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷaˈdriː.ɡae̯/
Audio (Classical) (file)
Noun
quadrīgae f pl (genitive quadrīgārum); first declension
- A four horse team, especially used for chariot racing.
- (poetic) The four-horse team drawing the chariot of the sun.
- (figuratively) Free rein, free course.
Synonyms
- (four horse team): quadriiugī
Derived terms
- quadrīgālis
- quadrīgārius
- quadrīgātus
- quadrīgulae
Related terms
- quadriiugis
- quadriiugus
- quattuor
Descendants
- Catalan: quadriga
- English: quadriga
- French: quadrige
- Italian: quadriga
- Portuguese: quadriga
- Spanish: cuadriga
References
- quadrigae in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- quadrigae in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quadrigae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- quadrigae in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin