different between quadriga vs biga

English

Etymology

From Latin qu?dr?gae, literally "four yoked", from quattuor (“four”) + iugum (“yoke”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kw?d??i?.??/, /kw??d?i?.??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kw??d?i.??/, /kw??d?ai.??/

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

See also

• quadriga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin quadr?gae.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /kw??d?i.??/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kwa?d?i.?a/

Noun

quadriga f (plural quadrigues)

1. quadriga

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

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin qu?dr?gae.

Noun

quadriga

1. (rare) quadriga (Roman racing chariot)

Declension

Synonyms

• nelivaljakko

Italian

Etymology

From Latin quadr?ga.

Noun

quadriga f (plural quadrighe)

1. quadriga

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /k?a?dri?.?a/, [k?ä?d??i??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwa?dri.?a/, [kw??d??i???]

Noun

quadr?ga f (genitive quadr?gae); first declension

1. 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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 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

From Latin quadr?gae.

Noun

quadriga f (plural quadrigas)

1. quadriga

Further reading

• “quadriga” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin b?ga.

Noun

biga (plural bigas or bigae)

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

See also

• quadriga

Anagrams

• Baig, bagi, gabi

Basque

Noun

biga ?

1. calf

Numeral

biga

1. two

Catalan

Etymology

Origin uncertain; probably from Latin b?ga (“tree-trunk”). Cognate with Portuguese viga, Spanish viga, Occitan biga.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?bi.??/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?bi.?a/
• Rhymes: -i?a

Noun

biga f (plural bigues)

1. beam, as in a large piece of wood or metal serving a structural role in a building

Further reading

• “biga” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “biga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Cebuano

Noun

biga

1. semen
2. precum
3. lust; a feeling of strong desire, especially such a feeling driven by sexual arousal

Verb

biga

1. to be in heat
2. to be randy; to feel horny
3. to lust

Italian

Etymology

From Latin b?g?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bi.?a/

Noun

biga f (plural bighe)

1. (historical) chariot (two-wheeled)
2. (baking) pre-ferment sponge, similar to poolish (bread starter)

Latin

Etymology

bi- +? iuga

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?bi?.?a/, [?bi??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?bi.?a/, [?bi???]

Noun

b?ga f (genitive b?gae); first declension

1. chariot (two-wheeled)
2. (in the plural) pair of horses

Declension

First-declension noun.

Related terms

• biiugus

Descendants

References

• biga in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• biga in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• biga in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• biga in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Old High German

Alternative forms

• p?ga

Etymology

Related to Old Norse bingr (“heap”) (English bing), from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *b?en??- (“thick”), see also Sanskrit ???? (bahula, “abundant”).

Noun

b?ga f

1. pile, heap

Descendants

• Middle High German: b?ge
  • Alemannic German: Biigi
  • German: Beige
• ? Italian: bica

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin biga

Noun

biga f (plural bigas)

1. chariot (type of vehicle)

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bi?a]

Noun

biga f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of big?

Sardinian

Etymology

Probably from Latin b?ga (“tree-trunk”)

Noun

biga

1. (Campidanese) beam