quadriga

== English == === Etymology === From Latin quadrīgae, literally "four yoked", from quattuor (“four”) + iugum (“yoke”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /kwɒdˈɹiː.ɡə/, /kwəˈdɹiː.ɡə/ (US) IPA(key): /kwɑˈdɹi.ɡə/, /kwɑˈdɹaɪ.ɡə/ Rhymes: -aɪɡə, -iːɡə === Noun === quadriga (plural quadrigae or quadrigas) (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 […] (historical) A team of four horses, or sometimes other animals, especially as used in chariot racing. ==== Related terms ==== quadrigal ==== Translations ==== === See also === quadriga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin quadrīga. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kwəˈðɾi.ɣə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [kwaˈðɾi.ɣa] === Noun === quadriga f (plural quadrigues) quadriga === References === Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “quadriga”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) === Further reading === “quadriga”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “quadriga”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “quadriga” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. == Finnish == === Etymology === From Latin quādrīgae. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkʋɑdriɡɑ/, [ˈkʋɑ̝driɡɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑdriɡɑ === Noun === quadriga (rare) quadriga (Roman racing chariot) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== nelivaljakko == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin quadrīga. === Noun === quadriga f (plural quadrighe) quadriga === Further reading === quadriga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Latin == === Etymology === From quattuor (“four”) + iugum (“yoke”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʷaˈdriː.ɡa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kʷaˈdriː.ɡa] === Noun === quadrīga f (genitive quadrīgae); first declension quadriga ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “quadriga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "quadriga", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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[1] “quadriga”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin quadrīga. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: qua‧dri‧ga === Noun === quadriga f (plural quadrigas) quadriga === Further reading === “quadriga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “quadriga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026