quadrigae

English

Noun

quadrigae

1. plural of quadriga

Synonyms

• quadrigas

Latin

quadrīgae

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷaˈdriː.ɡae̯/, [kʷäˈd̪riːɡäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwaˈdri.d͡ʒe/, [kwäˈd̪riːd͡ʒe]

Noun

quadrīgae f pl (genitive quadrīgārum); 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.

Case	Plural
Nominative	quadrīgae
Genitive	quadrīgārum
Dative	quadrīgīs
Accusative	quadrīgās
Ablative	quadrīgīs
Vocative	quadrīgae

Synonyms

• (four horse team): quadrīga, quadriiugī

Derived terms

• quadrīgālis
• quadrīgārius
• quadrīgātus
• quadrīgulae

 

Related terms

• quadrīga
• quadriiugis
• quadriiugus
• quattuor

 

Descendants

• Catalan: quadriga
• English: quadriga
• French: quadrige
• Italian: quadriga
• Portuguese: quadriga
• Spanish: cuadriga

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