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|lshtext=<b>bīgae</b>: ārum (in <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]> [[through]] the [[whole]] [[ante]]-Aug. per.; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, 39, 142; 10, 2, 165; 10, 3, 177; Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 272; [[Charis]]. p. 20 P.; [[post]]-Aug. also in <[[number]] opt="n">[[sing]].</[[number]]> bīga, ae; so Stat. S. 1, 2, 45; 3, 4, 46; id. Th. 1, 338; Sen. Herc. Oet. 1520; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 89; 35, 11, 40, § 141; Tac. H. 1, 86; Suet. Tib. 26; Val. Max. 1, 8; Inscr. Orell. 2545; Vulg. Isa. 21, 9; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, 462; v. also trigae and [[quadrigae]]), f. for biiugae from bis-[[iugum]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[pair]] of horses or ([[rarely]]) of [[other]] animals; also, a [[two]]-[[horsed]] [[car]] or [[chariot]]: bigas [[primas]] junxit Phrygum [[natio]]: quadrigas [[Erichthonius]], Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 202: Rhesi niveae citaeque [[bigae]], Cat. 55, 26: [[Hector]] raptatus bigis, Verg. A. 2, 272: et nox atra polum bigis subvecta tenebat, id. ib. 5, 721; Val. Fl. 3, 211: roseae Aurorae, Verg. A. 7, 26 al.: cornutae, a [[team]] for [[ploughing]], Varr. ap. Non. p. 164, 23; Isid. Orig. 18, 36, 1 and 2.—Stamped on a [[coin]], Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 46; v. [[bigatus]].—Adj.: equis bigis meare, Manil. 5, 3.
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