English

Noun

quadrigatus ‎(plural quadrigati)

1. A medium-sized silver coin minted by the Roman Republic during the 3rd century B.C..

Translations

Latin

quadrīgātus

Etymology

From quadrīgae ‎(“four horse team”), because the coin was stamped with an image of one.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʷa.driːˈɡaː.tus/

Noun

quadrīgātus m ‎(genitive quadrīgātī); second declension

1. quadrigatus, a Roman silver coin minted during the 3rd century BCE

Inflection

Second declension.

Related terms

Descendants

• English: quadrigatus
• Italian: quadrigato

References

• quadrigatus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quadrigatus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “quadrigatus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• quadrigatus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quadrigatus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin