QUADRIGA

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QUADRIGA , the

ancient

four-horsed chariot (Lat. quadrigae, contracted from quadrijugae), which was regarded as one of the seven sacred features in Rome. It was chiefly used as the triumphal car of generals or emperors. The earliest example mentioned is that which was modelled in terra-cotta and raised on the pediment of the

temple

of Jupiter Capitolinus. In later

time

TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the
root
- ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
- ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
TIME, STANDARD

it formed the

chief

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

decorative feature which crowned the triumphal

arches

ARCHES,
COURT
- COURT
- COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the
  influence
  - INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)
  of the Lat. curia, the word used in
  medieval
  - MEDIEVAL
  documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
- COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)
OF

, and there are numerous representations of it on coins.

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