quadrigae

quadrigae

1. plural of quadriga

• quadrigas

Contracted from quadriiugae, feminine plural of quadriiugus (“of or pertaining to a team of four”)

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kʷaˈdriː.ɡae̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kʷaˈd̪riː.d͡ʒe]

quadrīgae f pl (genitive quadrīgārum); first declension

1. A four horse team, especially used for chariot racing.
2. (poetic) The four-horse team drawing the chariot of the sun.
3. (figuratively) Free rein, free course.

First-declension noun, plural only.

• (four horse team): quadrīga, quadriiugī

• “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