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English
Etymology
From quadri- + jugal.
Adjective
quadrijugal (not comparable)
- Especially of a chariot: pulled by four horses.
1720, Herodotus, “Book VI. Erato.”, in Isaac Littlebury, transl., The History of Herodotus: Translated from the Greek, 2nd edition, volume II, London: A. Bell, , →OCLC, page 126:During his Exile he [Cimon Coalemos] obtain'd the Olympian Prize in the Quadrijugal Chariot-race, and transferr'd the Honour to Miltiades his Mother's Son.