quadrijugus

quadrijugus
quā̆drĭjŭgus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to a team of four ( poet. ): curru, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 105 (Trag. v. 129 Vahl.); Verg. A. 12, 162; id. G. 3, 18; Plin. Pan. 22, 1:

equi,

 Ov. Am. 3, 2, 66; id. Tr. 4, 2, 54:

certamen,

 with four-horse chariots, Stat. Th. 6, 370.— Subst.: quādrĭjŭgi, ōrum, m., a four-horse team:

ruunt tritumque relinquunt Quadrijugi spatium,

 Ov. M. 2, 167; Sil. 4, 441; Stat. Th. 12, 533.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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