origa

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

ōrīga f (genitive ōrīgae); first declension

  1. alternative form of aurīga
    • 116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Agricultural Topics 2.7.8:
      Admittere oportet, cum tempus anni venerit, bis die, mane et vespere, per origam; sic appellatur qui admittit.
      When the proper season arrives, the stallion should be admitted twice daily, morning and evening, with the help of the groom​ — as they call the man who attends to the mating.

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative ōrīga ōrīgae
genitive ōrīgae ōrīgārum
dative ōrīgae ōrīgīs
accusative ōrīgam ōrīgās
ablative ōrīgā ōrīgīs
vocative ōrīga ōrīgae

References

  • origa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • origa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.