auriga

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See also: Auriga and aurigą

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aurīga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /awˈri.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -iɡa
  • Hyphenation: au‧rì‧ga

Noun

auriga m (plural aurighi)

  1. charioteer

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From aurea (“horse's bridle”) +‎ agō +‎ -a (agent noun).

Pronunciation

Noun

aurīga m (genitive aurīgae); first declension

  1. charioteer
  2. stable groom

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative aurīga aurīgae
genitive aurīgae aurīgārum
dative aurīgae aurīgīs
accusative aurīgam aurīgās
ablative aurīgā aurīgīs
vocative aurīga aurīgae

Descendants

  • → Catalan: auriga (learned)
  • → English: Auriga (learned)
  • → French: aurige (learned)
  • → Galician: auriga (learned)
  • → Italian: auriga (learned)
  • → Polish: auriga (learned)
  • → Portuguese: auriga (learned)
  • → Romanian: auriga (learned)
  • → Spanish: auriga (learned)

See also

References

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

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin auriga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /awˈri.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -iɡa
  • Syllabification: au‧ri‧ga

Noun

auriga m pers

  1. (Ancient Rome) charioteer (one who drives the chariot in ancient games)
    Hypernym: woźnica

Declension

Declension of auriga
singular plural
nominative auriga aurogiwie
genitive aurigi aurigów
dative auridze aurigom
accusative aurigę aurigów
instrumental aurigą aurigami
locative auridze aurigach
vocative aurigo aurogiwie

Further reading

  • auriga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin auriga.

Noun

auriga m (uncountable)

  1. charioteer

Declension

singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative auriga aurigaul
genitive-dative auriga aurigaului
vocative aurigaule

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aurīga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /auˈɾiɡa/
  • Rhymes: -iɡa
  • Syllabification: au‧ri‧ga

Noun

auriga m (plural aurigas)

  1. (poetic, literary) charioteer

Further reading

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