单词 | quadriga |
释义 | quadrigan. 1. A chariot drawn by four horses harnessed abreast; esp. a representation of this in sculpture, on coins, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > [noun] > an artistic representation > others quathriganc1175 starc1384 yoke1415 sheafc1420 arrow1548 thunder-dart1569 memento mori1598 quadriga1600 Triton1601 anchor1621 chimera1634 forest-work1647 Bacchanaliaa1680 Bacchanal1753 subject1781 harp1785 mask1790 arrowhead1808 gorgoneion1842 Amazonomachia1845 Amazonomachy1893 mythograph1893 physicomorph1895 horns of consecration1901 double image1939 motion study1977 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > chariot > four-horse quathriganc1175 quadriga1600 1600 P. Holland in tr. Livy Rom. Hist. sig. Ecccccv v The Denari Romani, having the stampe of a chariot drawn with foure horses, called Quadriga. 1695 J. Evelyn Diary (1952) 180 The stamp of the Roman denarius varied, having sometimes..a chariot and two horses, which were called bigi; if with four quadrigi. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) On the Reverse of Medals we frequently see Victory, or the Emperor, in a Quadriga, holding the Reins of the Horses. 1789 R. P. Jodrell Illustr. Euripides (new ed.) Alcestis 182 The Poet in his Hercules corresponds again in this account, for the original expression there implies the quadriga. 1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) 452 Apollo..guides a quadriga, in which he is carrying off a lofty and noble female form. 1901 Archaeol. Jrnl. Sept. 284 The sun, nimbated, with flying drapery, drives a quadriga. 1994 Coin News May 39/1 The reverse, minus the exergual legend, which depicts a winged Victory crowning a charioteer driving a quadriga, is one characteristic of the coins of Sicily in the 5th century. 2. Medicine. A long, narrow, two-headed bandage for the chest. Now disused. ΚΠ 1706 tr. L. Verduc Manner curing Fractures xxiv. 111 in tr. A. Belloste Hosp. Surgeon (ed. 2) The Patient must lie still as long as ever he can, and the Bandage must be the Quadriga. 1743 tr. L. Heister Gen. Syst. Surg. II. iii. 312 The Generality of Surgeons make use of a peculiar and stronger Bandage for this purpose, which they call the Quadriga or Cataphracta. 1775 G. Motherby New Med. Dict. Quadriga, a bandage for the sternum and ribs. It is twenty-four feet long, three or four fingers broad, with two heads..The middle is placed on one side of the body, the two heads are carried so as to intersect on the opposite shoulder, they are brought back to where they begin, and then pass circularly round the body. 1867 P. S. Wales Mech. i. viii. 181 A firmer quadriga may be made with a double-headed roller wound in two unequal cylinders. 1901 L. H. Grau & W. N. Sullivan tr. F. von Esmarch & E. Kowalzig Surg. Technic 80 A similar bandage, formerly much used,..the quadriga,..is applied with a double-headed bandage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1600 |
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