quadriga
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of quadriga
1720–30; < Latin quadrīga, earlier plural quadrīgae, contraction of quadrijugae a team of four; cf. quadri-, yoke 1
Example Sentences
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In classical times, the quadriga was a four-horse chariot used for racing -- or even driven by the goddess Nike.
From The Guardian • Jul. 27, 2015
In classical times, the quadriga was a four-horse chariot used for racing -- or even driven by the goddess Nike.
From The Guardian • Jul. 27, 2015
Inasmuch as Germany today sits in the very cockpit of the European project, so the quadriga is a perfect symbol of how confused and contested that project has become.
From BBC • May 18, 2012
And yet, on closer examination - rather than simply as a stylisation, or as the backdrop for the joyful Berlin-Wall-busting crowds of 1989 - the quadriga is almost as troubling as these other symbols.
From BBC • May 18, 2012
Around the quadriga ran men who shook thyrses ornamented with ribbons; others beat drums; others scattered flowers.
From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Curtin, Jeremiah
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