bigarum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →bigus, biga, bigum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
yoked two together; (contraction of biiugus);
gen. pl. (f.) - Entry →biga, bigae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
two-horsed chariot (pl.); span/pair of horses; pair harnessed to an open car;
gen. pl.
Examples
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Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...pagina. descendunt statuae restemque secuntur, ipsas deinde rotas bigarum inpacta securis caedit et inmeritis franguntur crura caballis..."Domitianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...modo, verum et in circo; ubi praeter sollemnes bigarum quadrigarumque cursus proelium etiam duplex, equestre ac pedestre, commisit..."
