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Summary
Tririga

A tririga (trī-ˈrē-gə) is a team of three horses yoked three abreast, commonly associated with the use of chariots during the Roman Empire. Also known as “triga.” When four horses are similarly harnessed side-by-side, it is called a quadriga. Tririga is derived from the Latin singular of tririgae team of three, which is a contraction of the proper tririjugae (triri-, three and jugae, to yoke, or join).

This is the definition of a Roman Empire-era word derived from Latin but not found in abridged versions of common English-language references such as the Oxford Dictionary of the English Language or the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary.

This work is an ancillary product of research conducted by D.A. Webb for a writing project involving Roman history.

The photo is from a stock gallery of non-copyrighted, free-use images purchased on CD in 1998. It appears to have been taken in Eastern Europe, circa 1930s.

TRIRIGA is also the provider of facility and real estate management software solutions, which help clients regarding space usage, evaluate alternative real estate initiatives, generate higher returns from capital projects and assess environmental impact investments. TRIRIGA, was acquired by IBM in 2011. The acquisition added advanced real estate intelligence to the company’s smarter buildings initiative. TRIRIGA founders cited the definition above, including the fact that Roman Emperors would use tririga chariots upon triumphant, celebratory returns to Rome from victorious conquests.