Quadriga

//kwɑˈdɹi.ɡə// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A Roman racing chariot drawn by four horses abreast. historical

    "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."

  2. 2
    A team of four horses, or sometimes other animals, especially as used in chariot racing. historical

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"A quadriga is a chariot drawn by four horses."

Etymology

From Latin quadrīgae, literally "four yoked", from quattuor (“four”) + iugum (“yoke”).

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