auriga

See also: Auriga

Italian

Etymology

From Latin aurīga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /auˈri.ɡa/

Noun

auriga m (plural aurighi)

1. charioteer

Anagrams

• guairà

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈriː.ɡa/, [äu̯ˈriːɡä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈri.ɡa/, [äu̯ˈriːɡä]

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Noun

aurīga m (genitive aurīgae); first declension

1. charioteer
2. stable groom

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aurīga	aurīgae
Genitive	aurīgae	aurīgārum
Dative	aurīgae	aurīgīs
Accusative	aurīgam	aurīgās
Ablative	aurīgā	aurīgīs
Vocative	aurīga	aurīgae

Related terms

• quadrīga

Descendants

• Catalan: auriga
• English: Auriga
• French: aurige
• Galician: auriga
• Italian: auriga
• Portuguese: auriga
• Spanish: auriga

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

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin aurīga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /auˈɾiɡa/ [au̯ˈɾi.ɣ̞a]

Noun

auriga m (plural aurigas)

1. (poetic, literary) charioteer

Further reading

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