quadriga
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
quadriga (plural quadrigae)
- (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 […]
- 1830, Charles Taylor, Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, in five volumes, volume III, page 425
- (historical) A team of four horses, or sometimes other animals, especially as used in chariot racing.
- French: quadrige
- German: Quadriga
- Italian: quadriga
- Portuguese: quadriga
- Russian: квадри́га
- Spanish: cuadriga
- Italian: quadriga
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