quadrigateadj.n.
/kwɒˈdriːɡeɪt/, /kwəˈdriːɡeɪt/, /kwɒˈdrʌɪɡeɪt/, /kwəˈdrʌɪɡeɪt/, U.S. /kwɑˈdraɪˌɡeɪt/, /kwɑˈdriˌɡeɪt/ A. adj.
Of a coin, sculpture, etc.: stamped or decorated with the figure of a quadriga (quadriga n. 1). rare before 20th cent.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > classical coins > [adjective] > bearing specific device
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1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxii. lii. 464 To pay 300 quadrigate pieces of siluer [L. nummis quadrigatis].
1955 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 75 108 It now remains to investigate the chariots designed by the Sicilian die cutters and to see where we might find sources for their inspiration in quadrigate compositions.
1999 Art Bull. 81 730/3 If Augustus's great dynastic Mausoleum was crowned..with a quadrigate image of him (in a four-horse chariot).
B. n.
A coin stamped with the figure of a quadriga (quadriga n. 1). Now rare.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > classical coins > [noun] > bearing specific device
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1600 P. Holland in tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxii. liv. 465 (note) A Quadrigate..is a piece of siluer coyne among the Romanes, the same that Denarius: called so of Quadriga.
1761 Ann. Reg. 1760 168/1 The Bigates and Quadrigates denote the shows or races which were celebrated on those festivals.
1961 H. H. Scullard Hist. Rom. World xv. xvi. 348 The victoriate, displaying Jupiter and Victory with a trophy, which originated in Illyria, later represented a half-quadrigate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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