bigan.

Brit.

/ˈbʌɪɡə/,

/ˈbiːɡə/, U.S.

/ˈbaɪɡə/,

/ˈbiɡə/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin bīga.

Etymology: < classical Latin bīga pair of horses (or other animals) or a chariot drawn by them, singular form formed after bīgae (plural), contraction of biiugae (only recorded in grammarians), use as noun (short for biiugae equae mares harnessed four abreast) of feminine plural of biiugus yoked in pairs, (of a chariot) drawn by a pair of horses < bi- bi- comb. form + iugum yoke (see jugum n.).

Chiefly Roman History.

A two-horsed chariot.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > chariot > two-horse

steed-yoke1582

biga1600

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Biga, a carte drawen with two horses.]

1600 P. Holland in tr. Livy Rom. Hist. sig. Eeeeee.ij (Gloss.) Bigati, were the Roman Denarij, having the stampe of a charriot drawne with two horses, called Biga.

1647 J. Greaves Disc. Romane Foot & Denarius 37 Bigati, that is denarii (so called because the biga was ordinarily stamped upon the reverse of the Denarius).

1719 J. Harris Hist. Kent i. 6/2 The Belgic Essendum was a Currus falcatus, and a Biga, or drawn but by two horses; and that it was used in Fight by the Gauls.

1781 R. P. Jodrell Illustr. Euripides I. 149 A biga, and not a quadriga, drawn by two, and not by four horses.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. xv. 208 What may be your business with a post-chaise?—Is this splendid equipage—this biga, as I may call it—to serve for an introduction to a quadriga or a curriculum?

1877 Times 17 Feb. 4/5 A personage standing in a biga driven by an auriga and followed by two swordsmen.

1971 Ashmolean Mus. Rep. Visitors 1970 18 Purchased..(A) Arimasp driving a biga, attacked by a pair of griffins.

2001 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 91 37 From around the 190s an alternative reverse design of Luna and other deities driving a biga began to appear.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	biga
释义	bigan. Brit. /ˈbʌɪɡə/, /ˈbiːɡə/, U.S. /ˈbaɪɡə/, /ˈbiɡə/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin bīga. Etymology: < classical Latin bīga pair of horses (or other animals) or a chariot drawn by them, singular form formed after bīgae (plural), contraction of biiugae (only recorded in grammarians), use as noun (short for biiugae equae mares harnessed four abreast) of feminine plural of biiugus yoked in pairs, (of a chariot) drawn by a pair of horses < bi- bi- comb. form + iugum yoke (see jugum n.). Chiefly Roman History. A two-horsed chariot. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > chariot > two-horse steed-yoke1582 biga1600 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Biga, a carte drawen with two horses.] 1600 P. Holland in tr. Livy Rom. Hist. sig. Eeeeee.ij (Gloss.) Bigati, were the Roman Denarij, having the stampe of a charriot drawne with two horses, called Biga. 1647 J. Greaves Disc. Romane Foot & Denarius 37 Bigati, that is denarii (so called because the biga was ordinarily stamped upon the reverse of the Denarius). 1719 J. Harris Hist. Kent i. 6/2 The Belgic Essendum was a Currus falcatus, and a Biga, or drawn but by two horses; and that it was used in Fight by the Gauls. 1781 R. P. Jodrell Illustr. Euripides I. 149 A biga, and not a quadriga, drawn by two, and not by four horses. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. xv. 208 What may be your business with a post-chaise?—Is this splendid equipage—this biga, as I may call it—to serve for an introduction to a quadriga or a curriculum? 1877 Times 17 Feb. 4/5 A personage standing in a biga driven by an auriga and followed by two swordsmen. 1971 Ashmolean Mus. Rep. Visitors 1970 18 Purchased..(A) Arimasp driving a biga, attacked by a pair of griffins. 2001 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 91 37 From around the 190s an alternative reverse design of Luna and other deities driving a biga began to appear. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1600
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