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quadrigae

English

Noun

quadrigae

  1. plural of quadriga

Synonyms

  • quadrigas

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

quadr?gae f pl (genitive quadr?g?rum); 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.

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

Synonyms

  • (four horse team): quadriiug?

Derived terms

  • quadr?g?lis
  • quadr?g?rius
  • quadr?g?tus
  • quadr?gulae

Related terms

  • quadriiugis
  • quadriiugus
  • quattuor

Descendants

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

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quadrigal

English

Etymology

From Latin quadr?g?lis.

Adjective

quadrigal (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a quadriga (four horse team)

Related terms

  • quadriga

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