LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

quadriiugus

quadriiugus (feminine quadriiuga, neuter quadriiugum)
Classical[kʷaˈdrɪj.jʊ.ɡʊs]Ecclesiastical[kʷaˈdriː.ju.ɡus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveof or pertaining to a quadriga (four horse team, or racing chariot)

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

quem quattuor equī iūnctī trahunt
quadriiugus -a -um — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 18

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativequadriiugusquadriiugaquadriiugum
genitivequadriiugīquadriiugaequadriiugī
dativequadriiugōquadriiugaequadriiugō
accusativequadriiugumquadriiugamquadriiugum
ablativequadriiugōquadriiugāquadriiugō
vocativequadriiugequadriiugaquadriiugum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativequadriiugīquadriiugaequadriiuga
genitivequadriiugōrumquadriiugārumquadriiugōrum
dativequadriiugīsquadriiugīsquadriiugīs
accusativequadriiugōsquadriiugāsquadriiuga
ablativequadriiugīsquadriiugīsquadriiugīs
vocativequadriiugīquadriiugaequadriiuga

quā^drĭjŭgus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. of or belonging to a team of four (poet.): curru, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 105 (Trag. v. 129 Vahl.); Verg. A. 12, 162; id. G. 3, 18; Plin. Pan. 22, 1: equi, Ov. Am. 3, 2, 66; id. Tr. 4, 2, 54: certamen, with four-horse chariots, Stat. Th. 6, 370.— Subst.: quā^drĭjŭgi, ōrum, m., a four-horse team: ruunt tritumque relinquunt Quadrijugi spatium, Ov. M. 2, 167; Sil. 4, 441; Stat. Th. 12, 533.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwṓr
  2. Proto-Italic*kʷettwōr
  3. Latinquadriiugus

Latin iugus Latin quadriiugus From quattuor (“four”) + iugus (“joined, yoked”).

Quick answers

What does quadriiugus mean in Latin?
quadriiugus, a adjective, means “of or pertaining to a quadriga (four horse team, or racing chariot)”.
How do you pronounce quadriiugus?
In classical Latin, [kʷaˈdrɪj.jʊ.ɡʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kʷaˈdriː.ju.ɡus].
Where does quadriiugus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr → Proto-Italic *kʷettwōr → Latin quadriiugus.