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Definition of Quadrigae

Quadrigae
Quadriga Quad*ri"ga, n.; pl. Quadrig[ae]. [L. See Quadrijugous.] (Rom. Antiq.) A car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast.

Meaning of Quadrigae from wikipedia

- derives from the Latin quadrigae, a contraction of quadriiugae, from quadri-: four, and iugum: yoke. In Latin the word quadrigae is almost always used...
- numerals (see below). non dīcimus bīga ūna, quadrīgae duae, nūptiae trēs, sed prō eō ūnae bīgae, bīnae quadrīgae, trīnae nūptiae (Varro) 'We don't say una...
- 135 m (443 ft) wide, 130 m (427 ft) deep, and 70 m (230 ft) high. If the quadrigae and Winged Victorys are included, the height reaches 81 m (266 ft). It...
- games were held in every parti****nt borough. In Rome a race of chariots (quadrigae) was held starting from the Capitol: the winner drank a liquor made with...
- race until two years later. Diocles usually raced four-horse chariots (quadrigae), probably at Rome's Circus Maximus. According to David Matz, the "great...
- chariot team owner, managing a stable of drivers (aurigae) and horses (quadrigae) between races, and issuing orders to the drivers during the race. Players...
- Bacchus, of the other in those of Venus". Historia Augusta, Probus, XVIII ; Quadrigae Tyrannorum, XII-XIII Edmund (2016) 'The Proculus Enigma: Have the history...
- m****ive attic story fronted by a continuous frieze surmounted by imperial quadrigae over the end bays. With the incorporated changes, the model was transported...
- an extent, that young men of the highest rank not only drove bigae and quadrigae in the circus, but exhibited these feats of horsemanship. Among other...
- edu. Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2011-12-11.  • Quadrigae Tyrannorum (The Four tyrants: The Lives of Firmus, Saturninus, Proculus...