quadriga

[ kwo-dree-guh, -drahy- ]

/ kwɒˈdri gə, -ˈdraɪ- /

a two-wheeled chariot drawn by four horses harnessed abreast.

Compare biga, triga.

Origin of quadriga

1720–30; < Latin quadrīga, earlier plural quadrīgae, contraction of quadrijugae a team of four; cf. quadri-, yoke¹

Opposite to these is another bas-relief representing Titus in the quadriga, the reins borne by the goddess Roma.

Walks in Rome |Augustus J.C. Hare
As Pallas Athene she frequently appears; generally on foot, but sometimes in her quadriga.

Museum of Antiquity |L. W. Yaggy
It represents a picture in a circle, repeated over and over again, of a warrior in his quadriga.

Needlework As Art |Marian Alford
The reverse of an aureus of the reign of Titus represents the Colosseum with these statues and a quadriga in the centre.

The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 2 |George Gordon Byron

To see it properly one should sit down at ease under the Doge's arcade or mount to the quadriga gallery of S. Mark's.

A Wanderer in Venice |E.V. Lucas

quadriga

/ (kwɒˈdriːɡə) /

(in the classical world) a two-wheeled chariot drawn by four horses abreast

C18: from Latin, from earlier quadrijugae a team of four, from quadri- + jugum yoke