different between quadrigas vs quadrigae

English

Noun

quadrigas

1. plural of quadriga

Latin

Noun

quadr?g?s

1. accusative plural of quadr?ga

Portuguese

Noun

quadrigas

1. plural of quadriga

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