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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
quad·ri·ga       [kwo-dree-guh, -drahy-] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural quad·ri·gae       [kwo-dree-gahy, -drahy-jee] Pronunciation Key. Classical Antiquity.
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by four horses harnessed abreast.
Compare biga, triga.

[Origin: 1720–30; < L quadrīga, earlier pl. quadrīgae, contr. of quadrijugae a team of four; cf. quadri-, yoke]
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quad·ri·ga       (kwŏd-rē'gə -rī'-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. quad·ri·gae (-gē)
A two-wheeled chariot drawn by four horses abreast.


[Latin quadrīga, sing. of quadrīgae, team of four horses, contraction of quadriiugae, feminine pl. of quadriiugus, of a team of four : quadri-, quadri- + iugum, yoke; see jugum.]

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Quadriga

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

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