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1 quadrigae
quā̆drīgae, ārum (collat. form in the sing. v. infra), f. [contr. from quadrijugae], a set or team of four, a four-abreast, fourin-hand, four together (class.).I.Lit.1.Of horses, applied to the animals with or without the car or vehicle, rarely to the car or chariot alone: quadrigarum currus duplici temone olim erant, perpetuoque, et qui omnibus equis iniceretur jugo. Primus Clisthenes Sicyonius tantum medios jugavit, eosque singulos ex utrāque parte simplici vinculo applicuit, quos Graeci seiraphorous, Latini funarios vocant, Isid. Orig. 17, 5:2.exinde duabus admotis quadrigis, in currus earum distentum illigat Mettum,
Liv. 1, 28 fin.; so Col. 3, 9:Glauci Potniades malis membra absumpsere quadrigae,
Verg. G. 3, 267 et saep.; Fest. s. v. October, p. 178 Müll.—Of other animals:3.quadrigae (asinorum),
Varr. R. R. 2, 1:camelorum,
Suet. Ner. 11.—Esp. freq. of the four-horse team used in races:4.curru quadrigarum vehi,
Cic. Div. 2, 70, 144; id. Brut. 47, 173; id. Or. 47, 157; id. Mur. 27, 57:cum carceribus sese effudere quadrigae,
Verg. G. 1, 512:quadrigas agitare,
Suet. Caes. 39.—Of the horses drawing a war chariot or car:5.in extremis jugis binae eminebant falces... sic armatae quadrigae,
with scythes attached to the yokes, Liv. 37, 41, 8:falcatae,
id. 37, 40, 12.—Poet., of the four-horse team of the Sun, Aurora, Luna, etc.:B.cum quadrigis Sol exoriens,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 226:roseis Aurora quadrigis,
Verg. A. 6, 535:nox aetherium nigris emensa quadrigis Mundum,
Tib. 3, 4, 17.— In sing. (post-class.):quod unum ergo rarissimum videbatur, invenimus quadrigam numero singulari dictam in libro satirarum M. Varronis qui inscriptus est Exdemetricus,
Gell. 19, 8, 17; Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 39; 3, 9 (4, 8), 17; Mart. 6, 46; Grat. Cyn. 228; Plin. 7, 21, 21, § 85; 36, 5, 4, § 36; Suet. Vit. 17; Val. Max. 1, 8, 9 ext.; Dig. 31, 1, 67; Vulg. Isa. 43, 17; id. Zech. 6, 2 and 3 et saep.—Transf.1.Of abstract things:2.initiorum quadrigae: locus et corpus, tempus et actio,
the four parts, Varr. L. L. 5, § 12 Müll.—Of a chariot drawn by four horses, a chariot, car:II.eburneis quadrigis ludere,
Suet. Ner. 22; cf. Liv. 37, 41, 8; 37, 40, 12, supra:apta quadrigis equa,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 35. —Trop.A.The rapid course of any thing: irarumque effunde quadrigas, i. e. give free course to your wrath, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 12, 499 (Ann. v. 464 Vahl.; for which Verg., in this [p. 1500] passage, irarumque omnes effundit habenas):B.numquam edepol quadrigis albis indipiscet postea (as an image of great speed),
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 13:quadrigae poëticae,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15 a), 2; cf.:quadrigas inscendere Jovis,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 294; id. Aul. 4, 1, 13; id. Poen. 1, 2, 155:jam quadrigae meae decucurrerunt,
i.e. my joy, cheerfulness, is gone, Petr. 64:navibus atque Quādrigis petimus bene vivere,
i.e. by sea and land, in every way, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 29.—Of the union of four persons or things in a common work:quadrigae tyrannorum,
Vop. Prob. 24:initiorum quadrigae, locus et corpus, tempus et actio,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 12 Müll. -
2 quadriiugus
quadriiugus adj. [quattuor+iugum], of a team of four: equi, O.: currus, drawn by four horses, V.— Plur m. as subst, a four-horse team: relinquunt Quadriiugi spatium, O. -
3 quadriga
four horse chariot (sg. or pl.); chariot team of four horses; any team -
4 Alastor
Ălastor, ŏris, m., = alastôr (a tormentor).I. II.Name of one of the four horses in the chariot of Pluto, Cland. R. Pros. 1, 284. -
5 curulis
I.In gen.:II.equi,
the four horses provided at the public cost for the games of the circus, Liv. 24, 18, 10; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 49, 14 Müll.; Cod. Th. 15, 5, 3;15, 10, 1: ludi,
Min. Fel. Oct. 37 fin.: triumphus, i. e. upon a chariot (in opp. to an ovatio, on horseback or on foot), Suet. Aug. 22: Juno curulis, in an ancient form of prayer in Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 17.—Esp.: sella curulis, the curule chair, official chair, adopted from the Etruscans, and inlaid with ivory; used by the consuls, praetors, and curule ediles, who hence received their name (v. aedilis, and cf. Gell. 3, 18, 4; Isid. Orig. 20, 11, 11;B.Dict. of Antiq.),
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 36; Liv. 1, 8, 3; 9, 46, 9 al.; Quint. 6, 3, 25; Suet. Aug. 26; Ov. P. 4, 9, 27; Plin. 37, 6, 21, § 81; Flor. 1, 13, 10; Cat. 52, 2 et saep.:sedes,
Tac. A. 2, 83; 15, 29 al.; and absol.: cŭrūlis, is, f., Tac. A. 1, 75; id. H. 2, 59; Plin. Pan. 59, 2; Suet. Ner. 13; Luc. 3, 107; Sil. 8, 488; Stat. S. 3, 3, 115; Mart. 11, 98, 18 al.— Poet.:major curulis,
i. e. consulship, Stat. S. 1, 4, 82.—Hence,Meton., pertaining to the honor of a sella curulis, curule: aedilis, L. Pis. ap. Gell. 6, 9, 2; Liv. 7, 1, 6 and 8; Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 131 al.; cf.aedilitas,
Cic. Har. Resp. 13, 27; Liv. 7, 1, 1; Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 19:ebur ( = sella curulis),
consulship, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 53; cf. magistratus, Gab. Bass. ap. Gell. 3, 18.— Subst.: cŭrūlis, is, m., = aedilis curulis, Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 42;and curules,
the curule magistracies, Stat. S. 4, 1, 5. -
6 Erichthonius
Erichthŏnĭus, ii, m., = ErichthoWios.I.A son of Vulcan, king of Athens, and the first who yoked four horses together to a chariot, Verg. G. 3, 113 Serv.; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 202; Ov. M. 2, 553; 9, 424; Hyg. Fab. 166.—Hence,B.Erichthŏnĭus, a, um, adj.:II.populus,
i. e. Athenian, Prop. 2, 6, 4:arces,
Verg. Cul. 30 Forbig. ad loc.—A son of Dardanus, the father of Tros and king of Troy, Ov. F. 4, 33; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 130.—Hence,B. -
7 Lampus
Lampus, i, m.I.One of Actæon's hounds, Hyg. Fab. 181.—II.One of the four horses of the sun, Fulg. Myth. 1, 11. -
8 Phlegon
Phlĕgon, ontis, m., = Phlegôn (burning), one of the four horses of the sun, Ov. M. 2, 154. -
9 Quadrigarius
1.quā̆drīgārĭus, a, um, adj. [quadrigae], of or belonging to a four-horse ( racing) chariot (post-Aug.):2.quadrigario habitu,
in the dress of the driver of a quadriga, Suet. Calig. 17: pulvis, for the race-horses, Veg. Vet. 1, 56; 2, 28, 19:FAMILIA,
slaves who took care of the race-horses, Inscr. Grut. 339, 5.— Hence, as subst.: quā̆drīgārĭus, ii, m., one who drives a four-horse chariot in the circus, a chariot-racer (class.), Varr. R. R. 2, 7: in victoriā, Cic. Fragm. Or. in Toga Cand. ap. Ascon.; Suet. Ner. 16; Arn. 2, 70; Paul. ex Fest. p. 36, 12 Müll.Quā̆drīgārĭus, ii, m., a Roman surname. Thus, Q. Claudius Quadrigarius, an old Roman historian, Vell. 2, 9, 6; Gell. 1, 7, 9;called simply Claudius,
Liv. 8, 19, 13. -
10 quadrigarius
1.quā̆drīgārĭus, a, um, adj. [quadrigae], of or belonging to a four-horse ( racing) chariot (post-Aug.):2.quadrigario habitu,
in the dress of the driver of a quadriga, Suet. Calig. 17: pulvis, for the race-horses, Veg. Vet. 1, 56; 2, 28, 19:FAMILIA,
slaves who took care of the race-horses, Inscr. Grut. 339, 5.— Hence, as subst.: quā̆drīgārĭus, ii, m., one who drives a four-horse chariot in the circus, a chariot-racer (class.), Varr. R. R. 2, 7: in victoriā, Cic. Fragm. Or. in Toga Cand. ap. Ascon.; Suet. Ner. 16; Arn. 2, 70; Paul. ex Fest. p. 36, 12 Müll.Quā̆drīgārĭus, ii, m., a Roman surname. Thus, Q. Claudius Quadrigarius, an old Roman historian, Vell. 2, 9, 6; Gell. 1, 7, 9;called simply Claudius,
Liv. 8, 19, 13. -
11 quadrīgae
quadrīgae ārum, f [for quadriiugae], a team of four, four-abreast, four-in-hand, four-horse team.—Of horses, with or without the car or vehicle, rarely of the car alone: duabus admotis quadrigis, in currūs earum inligat Mettium, L.: Glauci Potniades malis membra absumpsere quadrigae, V.: curru quadrigarum vehi: cum carceribus sese effudere quadrigae, V.: falcatae, with scythes fastened to the yokes, L.: roseis Aurora quadrigis, V.: Apta quadrigis equa, H.—Fig., a swift car: quadrigis poeticis, i. e. with utmost speed: navibus atque Quadrigis petimus bene vivere, i. e. by every means in our power, H.
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