orgia
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Estonian
Noun
orgia (genitive orgia, partitive orgiat)
Declension
| Declension of orgia (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | orgia | orgiad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | orgia | ||
| genitive | orgiate | ||
| partitive | orgiat | orgiaid | |
| illative | orgiasse | orgiatesse orgiaisse | |
| inessive | orgias | orgiates orgiais | |
| elative | orgiast | orgiatest orgiaist | |
| allative | orgiale | orgiatele orgiaile | |
| adessive | orgial | orgiatel orgiail | |
| ablative | orgialt | orgiatelt orgiailt | |
| translative | orgiaks | orgiateks orgiaiks | |
| terminative | orgiani | orgiateni | |
| essive | orgiana | orgiatena | |
| abessive | orgiata | orgiateta | |
| comitative | orgiaga | orgiatega | |
References
Italian
Etymology
From Latin orgia, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia).
Pronunciation
Noun
orgia f (plural orge or orgie)
Derived terms
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
- orgium (rare)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia).
Noun
orgia n pl (genitive orgiōrum); second declension
- a nocturnal festival in honor of Bacchus, accompanied by wild bacchanalian cries; the feast or orgies of Bacchus
- c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 64.259–260:
- , pars obscūra cavīs celebrābant orgia cistīs,
orgia quae frūstrā cupiunt audīre profānī.- Some of them celebrated an obscure festival with hollow baskets, a festival that the profane in vain want to attend.
- , pars obscūra cavīs celebrābant orgia cistīs,
- (in general) any secret frantic revels, orgies
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | orgia |
| Genitive | orgiōrum |
| Dative | orgiīs |
| Accusative | orgia |
| Ablative | orgiīs |
| Vocative | orgia |
Descendants
References
- “orgia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- orgia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “orgia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “orgia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “orgia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Orgie, from Latin orgia, from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia, “secret rites, mysteries”).
Pronunciation
Noun
orgia f
- (historical) orgy (secret rites or ceremonies, typically involving riotous and dissolute behavior, including dancing, drunkenness and indiscriminate sexual activity, undertaken in honor of various pagan gods or goddesses)
- orgy (sexual group activity)
- variety, diversity
Declension
Declension of orgia
Derived terms
adjective
Related terms
nouns
Further reading
- orgia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- orgia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin orgia or French orgie, from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: or‧gi‧a
Noun
orgia f (plural orgias)
References
Spanish
Noun
orgia f (plural orgias)
Further reading
- “orgia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014