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[[File:Horses of Basilica San Marco bright.jpg|thumb|Horses of Saint Mark in Venice, the only surviving ancient quadriga]] | |||
A quadriga (Latin quadri-, four, and iugum, yoke/yolk) is a car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast (the Roman Empire's equivalent of Ancient Greek tethrippon). It was raced in the Ancient Olympic Games and other contests. It is represented in profile as the chariot of gods and heroes on Greek vases and in bas-relief. The quadriga was adopted in ancient Roman chariot racing. Quadrigas were emblems of triumph; Victory or Fame often are depicted as the triumphant woman driving it. In classical mythology, the quadriga is the chariot of the gods; Apollo was depicted driving his quadriga across the heavens, delivering daylight and dispersing the night. | |||
The word quadriga may refer to the chariot alone, the four horses without it, or the combination. | |||
Revision as of 08:52, 3 February 2020
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
quā̆drīga: ae, f., v. quadrigae, I.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
quădrīga,¹¹ æ, f., Gell. 19, 8, 17 ; Plin. 7, 85 ; 36, 36 ; Suet. Vitell. 17 ; Prop., Mart.; c. quadrigæ.
Latin > German (Georges)
quadrīga, ae, f., klass. als Plur. quadrīgae, ārum, f. (= quadriiugae, v. quattuor u. iugum), das Gespann von Vieren, das Viergespann, sowohl die Tiere als der Wagen mit den Tieren, wie auch der Wagen allein, I) eig. u. übtr.: A) eig.: a) Plur., von Pferden, Verg., Liv. u.a.: alborum equorum, Liv.: als von vier Pferden gezogener Wagen, aureae, inauratae, Liv.: falcatae, Liv.: eburneae (als Spielstein), Suet. Ner. 22, 1. – bes. vom Viergespanne der Wettfahrenden, curru quadrigarum vehi, Cic.: quadrigas agitare, Suet.: so auch quadrigae der Sonne, Plaut.: der Morgenröte, Verg.: der Nacht, Tibull. – v. a. Tieren, qu. unae (asinorum), Varro: qu. camelorum, Suet. – b) Sing. (vgl. Gell. 19, 8, 17): quadriga currusque, Plin.: qu. Amphiaraea, Prop.: v. Wagen, quadrigae impulsus, Suet.: als Eigenname, is locus, qui in Boeotia Quadriga appellatur, Val. Max. 1, 8. ext. 9. – B) übtr.: a) v. vier Personen zusammen, das Viergespann, quadrigae tyrannorum, vier Tyrannen, Vopisc. Prob. 24, 8. – b) v. Abstr.: initiorum quadrigae (vier Teile), locus et corpus et tempus et actio, Varro LL. 5, 12. – II) bildl.: quadrigae meae decurrerunt, meine Freude, Heiterkeit ist vorbei, Petron.: als Bild großer Schnelligkeit, quadrigis albis, Plaut.: aut equis aut quadrigis poëticis, Cic.: u. großer Anstrengung, navibus atque quadrigis petimus etc., mit allen Segeln, Hor. – / Viell. urspr. Form quadriiugae (vgl. Gell. 19, 8, 11), die Fleckeisen (Keit. Misc. S. 48) mit Döderlein (Reden u. Aufsätze 1. S. 398) bei Cic. or. 157 hergestellt wissen will.
Latin > English
quadriga quadrigae N F :: four horse chariot (sg. or pl.); chariot team of four horses; any team
Wikipedia EN
A quadriga (Latin quadri-, four, and iugum, yoke/yolk) is a car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast (the Roman Empire's equivalent of Ancient Greek tethrippon). It was raced in the Ancient Olympic Games and other contests. It is represented in profile as the chariot of gods and heroes on Greek vases and in bas-relief. The quadriga was adopted in ancient Roman chariot racing. Quadrigas were emblems of triumph; Victory or Fame often are depicted as the triumphant woman driving it. In classical mythology, the quadriga is the chariot of the gods; Apollo was depicted driving his quadriga across the heavens, delivering daylight and dispersing the night.
The word quadriga may refer to the chariot alone, the four horses without it, or the combination.
