auriga
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)
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From aurea (“horse's bridle”) + agō + -a (agent noun).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [au̯ˈriː.ɡa]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [au̯ˈriː.ɡa]
Noun
aurīga m (genitive aurīgae); first declension
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
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
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin auriga.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /awˈri.ɡa/
- Rhymes: -iɡa
- Syllabification: au‧ri‧ga
Noun
auriga m pers
- (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)
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/ [au̯ˈɾi.ɣ̞a]
- Rhymes: -iɡa
- Syllabification: au‧ri‧ga
Noun
auriga m (plural aurigas)
- (poetic, literary) charioteer
Further reading
- “auriga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024