Quadriga
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kwɒdˈɹiː.ɡə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Quadriga is a noun meaning (historical) A Roman racing chariot drawn by four horses abreast.
Meaning
(historical) A Roman racing chariot drawn by four horses abreast.
More Meanings
- (historical) A team of four horses, or sometimes other animals, especially as used in chariot racing.
Example Sentences
On another denarius we see Victory holding a wreath and driving a quadriga […]
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.
Word Forms
- quadrigae
- quadrigas
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include quadrireme, quadruplet, quadrille, quadriad, quadreme, quadrumvirate.
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