of horses

bĭjŭgus, a, um (contr. form bīgus, Manil. 5, 3; cf. also bĭjŭgis, e), adj. [id.], yoked two together ( poet.):

leones,

Lucr. 2, 602; Verg. A. 10, 253:

equi,

Mart. 1, 13, 8:

serpentes,

Val. Fl. 7, 218:

currus,

drawn by two horses, Lucr. 5, 1299:

temo,

Stat. Th. 2, 723: certamen = bigarum, the contest with the bigae, Verg. A. 5, 144.—

Subst.: bĭ-jŭgi, ōrum, m. (sc. equi), two horses yoked abreast:

telo Admonuit bijugos,

Verg. A. 10, 587; 10, 399:

desiluit Turnus bijugis,

i. e. from his chariot drawn by two horses, id. ib. 10, 453.

bĭjŭgus, a, um (contr. form bīgus, Manil. 5, 3; cf. also bĭjŭgis, e), adj. [id.], yoked two together ( poet.):

leones,

Lucr. 2, 602; Verg. A. 10, 253:

equi,

Mart. 1, 13, 8:

serpentes,

Val. Fl. 7, 218:

currus,

drawn by two horses, Lucr. 5, 1299:

temo,

Stat. Th. 2, 723: certamen = bigarum, the contest with the bigae, Verg. A. 5, 144.—

Subst.: bĭ-jŭgi, ōrum, m. (sc. equi), two horses yoked abreast:

telo Admonuit bijugos,

Verg. A. 10, 587; 10, 399:

desiluit Turnus bijugis,

i. e. from his chariot drawn by two horses, id. ib. 10, 453.

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.).

Lit.

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:

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:

quadrigae (asinorum),

Varr. R. R. 2, 1:

camelorum,

Suet. Ner. 11.—

Esp. freq. of the four-horse team used in races:

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:

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.:

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.

Of abstract things:

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:

eburneis quadrigis ludere,

Suet. Ner. 22; cf. Liv. 37, 41, 8; 37, 40, 12, supra:

apta quadrigis equa,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 35. —

Trop.

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):

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.

sējŭgis, is, m. (sc. currus) [sex-jugum], a team of six horses, a chariot drawn by six horses:

(VICI) SEIVGE (EQVO),

Inscr. Orell. 2593; 6179.—The same more freq. and class. in the plur.:

sejuges aurati,

Liv. 38, 35; so,

sejuges,

Plin. 34, 5, 10, § 19.—As adj.:

sejuges currus,

drawn by six horses, App. Flor. p. 356.—Collat. form sējŭgae, ārum, f. (in analogy with bigae, quadrigae, etc.), a chariot and six, Isid. Orig. 13, 36, 1 and 2.

sē-jŭgis, e, adj. [jugum], disjoined, separate:

gentes ad unum morem conjugare,

Sol. 4, 2.

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ĕquārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to horses (very rare).

Adj.:

medicus,

a farrier, Val. Max. 9, 15, 2.—

Subst.

ĕquārius, ii, m., a stableboy, groom, Sol. 45, § 8.—

ĕquāria, ae, f. (sc. res), a stud of horses:

grandes,

Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. § 6.

ĕquārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to horses (very rare).

Adj.:

medicus,

a farrier, Val. Max. 9, 15, 2.—

Subst.

ĕquārius, ii, m., a stableboy, groom, Sol. 45, § 8.—

ĕquāria, ae, f. (sc. res), a stud of horses:

grandes,

Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. § 6.

ĕquus, i ( gen. plur. equūm, Verg. G. 2, 542; Stat. Th. 4, 409 al.), m. [Sanscr. acvas; Gr. hippos (ikkos); cf. Epŏna; root, ak-, to be sharp or swift; cf. Gr. akros, ôkus; Lat. acus, ocior], a horse, steed, charger.

Prop.

In gen. (cf.:

caballus, canterius, mannus),

Varr. R. R. 2, 7; Col. 6, 27 sq.; Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154 sq.; Pall. Mart. 13; Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 5, 14 (Ann. v. 441 ed. Vahlen); Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 39; id. Men. 5, 2, 109; Cic. Rep. 1, 43; 1, 7, 9 et saep.:

equus = equa,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 11.—Offered as a sacrifice to Mars, Paul. ex Fest. p. 81, 16, and p. 178, 24 sq. Müll.; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 1, 20; and v. October: EQVO PVBLICO ORNATVS, EXORNATVS, HONORATVS, etc.; or, ellipt., EQVO PVBLICO, very often [p. 654] in inscriptions; v. Inscr. Momms. 73; 459; 445; 1952; 2456;

2865 al.—In another sense: equi publici,

post-horses, Amm. 14, 6.—Equo vehi, advehi, ire, desilire, equum conscendere, flectere, in equum ascendere, equo citato, concitato, etc., see under these verbs.—

In partic.

Of cavalry, in the phrase, equis virisque (viri = pedites; cf. eques and vir), adverb., with horse and foot, i. e. with might and main, with tooth and nail, Liv. 5, 37; Flor. 2, 7, 8;

also: equis, viris,

Cic. Phil. 8, 7, 21; id. Fam. 9, 7; cf. Nep. Hamilc. 4;

and in the order, viris equisque,

Cic. Off. 3, 33.—

Transf., of race-horses:

ego cursu corrigam tarditatem tum equis, tum vero, quoniam scribis poëma ab eo nostrum probari, quadrigis poeticis,

i. e. in prose and poetry, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, a (see the passage in connection).—

Transf.

In plur. (like hippoi in Homer), a chariot, Verg. A. 9, 777.—

The wind, Cat. 66, 54; Val. Fl. 1, 611.—

In mal. part., Hor. S. 2, 7, 50; Petr. 24, 4; App. M. 2, p. 122; Mart. 11, 104, 14.—

Prov.: equi donati dentes non inspiciuntur, we don't look a gift horse in the mouth, Hier. Ep. ad Ephes. prooem.—

Meton.

Equus bipes, a sea-horse, Verg. G. 4, 389;

Auct. Pervig. Ven. 10: fluviatilis,

a river-horse, hippopotamus, Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 73.—

Equus ligneus, like the Homeric halos hippos, a ship, Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 10.—

The Trojan horse, Verg. A. 2, 112 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 108; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 12; Prop. 3 (4), 1, 25; Hor. C. 4, 6, 13 al.—

Trop., of a secret conspiracy, Cic. Mur. 37, 78.—

A battering-ram, because shaped like a horse;

afterwards called aries,

Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 202.—

The constellation Pegasus, Cic. N. D. 2, 43, 111 sq.; Col. 11, 2, 31; Hyg. Astr. 2, 18; 3, 17.—

Equus Trojanus, the title of a play of Livius Andronicus, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2 al.

gyrus, i, m., = guros, a circle, esp. that which is described by a horse in its movements (mostly poet.; cf.: circus, circulus, orbis, orbita).

Lit.:

nec equi variare gyros in morem nostrum docentur,

Tac. G. 6; so of a circular course, ring, for horses, Verg. G. 3, 115:

carpere gyrum,

id. ib. 3, 191:

curvo brevius compellere gyro,

Tib. 4, 1, 93; Manil. 5, 74; Ov. A. A. 3, 384; Luc. 1, 425 et saep.:

adytis cum lubricus anguis ab imis Septem ingens gyros, septena volumina traxit,

Verg. A. 5, 85:

ducensque per aëra gyros Miluus,

Ov. Am. 2, 6, 33:

apes gyros volatu edunt,

Plin. 11, 20, 22, § 68:

grues gyros quosdam indecoro cursu peragunt,

id. 10, 23, 30, § 59:

quem (turbinem) pueri magno in gyro...intenti ludo exercent,

Verg. A. 7, 379:

in gyrum Euripo addito (in Circo),

i. e. around, round about, Suet. Caes. 39.—

Transf., the place where horses are trained, a course ( poet.):

gyrum pulsat equis,

Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 11.—

Trop., a circle, circuit, career, course: mensis artiore (quam annus) praecingitur circulo;

angustissimum habet dies gyrum,

Sen. Ep. 12; cf.:

seu bruma nivalem Interiore diem gyro trahit,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 26:

similique gyro venient aliorum vices,

circuit, course, Phaedr. 4, 26, 25:

homines secundis rebus effrenatos tamquam in gyrum rationis et doctrinae duci oportere,

Cic. Off. 1, 26, 70:

oratorem in exiguum gyrum compellere,

id. de Or. 3, 19, 70; Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 21; cf.:

attrahe vela Fortius et gyro curre, poëta, tuo,

Ov. R. Am. 398:

in dialecticae gyris consenescere,

Gell. 16, 8, 17.

in-frēno ( infraen-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to put on a bridle.

Lit., to furnish with a bridle, to bridle:

equos,

Liv. 37, 20, 12; cf.:

non stratos, non infrenatos equos habere, ib. § 4: currus,

to harness the horses to a chariot, Verg. A. 12, 287:

infrenati manipli,

on bridled horses, Sil. 4, 316.—

Transf., to curb, restrain:

horum (ducum) alterum sic fuisse infrenatum conscientia scelerum,

Cic. Pis. 19, 44:

navigia ancoris,

Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 100:

infrenat impetus et domat mundi rabiem,

id. 32, 1, 1, § 2:

lascivias carnis,

Ambros. in Luc. 9, § 8.

jŭgum, i, n. [kindred to Sanscr. yuga from yug-, jungere; Gr. zugon; v. jungo], a yoke for oxen, a collar for horses.

Lit.:

nos onera quibusdam bestiis, nos juga imponimus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151:

leones jugo subdere, et ad currum jungere,

Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 55:

(bos) juga detractans,

Verg. G. 3, 57:

tauris solvere,

id. E. 4, 41:

frena jugo concordia ferre,

id. A. 3, 542; Ov. M. 12, 77:

jugum excutere,

Curt. 4, 15, 16.—

Transf.

A yoke, pair, team of draught-cattle:

ut minus multis jugis ararent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 51, § 120; a pair of horses, Verg. A. 5, 147:

aquilarum,

a pair, Plin. 10, 4, 5, § 16.— Plur.:

nunc sociis juga pauca boum,

Juv. 8, 108; also for the chariot itself, Verg. A. 10, 594; Sil. 7, 683:

curtum temone jugum,

Juv. 10, 135.—

A juger of land:

in Hispania ulteriore metiuntur jugis: jugum vocant, quod juncti boves uno die exarare possint,

Varr. R. R. 1, 10 (but in Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 9, the correct reading is jugerum; v. Sillig ad h. l.).—

A beam, lath, or rail fastened in a horizontal direction to perpendicular poles or posts, a cross-beam, cross-rail:

palmes in jugum insilit,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 175:

vineam sub jugum mittere,

Col. 4, 22.—

Esp. as the symbol of humiliation and defeat, a yoke, consisting of two upright spears, and a third laid transversely upon them, under which vanquished enemies were made to pass:

cum male pugnatum apud Caudium esset, legionibus nostris sub jugum missis,

Cic. Off. 3, 30, 109:

exercitum sub jugum mittere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 12; 1, 7; Quint. 3, 8, 3; Liv. 1, 26, 13; 2, 34, 9 al.; also,

sub jugo mittere,

id. 3, 28 fin. —

The constellation Libra:

Romam, in jugo cum esset luna, natam esse dicebat,

Cic. Div. 2, 47, 98.—

The beam of a weaver's loom:

tela jugo vincta est,

Ov. M. 6, 55.—

A rower's bench, Verg. A. 6, 411.—

A height or summit of a mountain, a ridge; also, a chain of mountains:

in immensis qua tumet Ida jugis,

Ov. H. 5, 138:

montis,

Verg. E. 5, 76; Caes. B. C. 1, 70:

suspectum jugum Cumis,

Juv. 9, 57; 3, 191.—

Trop., yoke, bonds of slavery, matrimony, etc.: Pa. Jamne ea fert jugum? Ph. Tam a me pudicast quasi soror mea, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 50:

cujus a cervicibus jugum servile dejecerant,

Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 6:

Venus Diductos jugo cogit aëneo,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 18:

accipere,

Just. 44, 5, 8:

exuere,

to shake off, Tac. Agr. 31:

excutere,

Plin. Pan. 11:

nondum subacta ferre jugum valet Cervice,

the yoke of marriage, Hor. C. 2, 5, 1. —Of misfortune:

ferre jugum pariter dolosi,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 28:

pari jugo niti,

to work with equal efforts, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 9:

calamitates terroresque mortalium sub jugum mittere,

to subjugate, Sen. de Prov. 4 init.:

felices, qui ferre incommoda vitae, nec jactare jugum vita didicere magistra,

Juv. 13, 22.

quā̆drīgārĭus, a, um, adj. [quadrigae], of or belonging to a four-horse ( racing) chariot (post-Aug.):

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.

quā̆drīgārĭus, a, um, adj. [quadrigae], of or belonging to a four-horse ( racing) chariot (post-Aug.):

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.

trīga, ae, f. [contr. from trijuga].

A team of three horses, or a chariot drawn by three horses, Dig. 21, 1, 38, § 14.—

A set of three, a triad, three, Arn. 4, 136; cf. Anthol. Lat. 1, p. 439.