quadriga

[ kwo-dree-guh, -drahy- ]

noun

, Classical Antiquity.

, plural quad·ri·gae [kwo-, dree, -gahy, -, drahy, -jee].

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

quadriga

/ kwɒˈdriːɡə /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of quadriga¹

1720–30; < Latin quadrīga, earlier plural quadrīgae, contraction of quadrijugae a team of four; quadri-, yoke ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of quadriga¹

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

Example Sentences

Just inside, Max Streicher’s “Quadriga” stages massive billowing horses that call to mind wingless Pegasi the way they seem to gallop through the air.

From Los Angeles Times

He invested and lost money in Quadriga, a crypto exchange, which Canadian authorities in 2020 found resembled a Ponzi scheme.

From Washington Post

"For me, the Hong Kong dollar peg is like a delayed, or lagging bet against China," said Diego Parrilla, who runs Quadriga Igneo, a $240 million fund designed to profit from market turmoil.

From Reuters

The movie aligns viewers with a handful of Quadriga users who team up as amateur detectives on the case.

From New York Times

For while Cotten’s death — which was not made public until a month afterward — is peculiar, it soon becomes clear that the aggrieved Quadriga users are uniquely unfit investigators of its mystery.

From New York Times