aurigo
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /au̯ˈriː.ɡoː/, [äu̯ˈriːɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /au̯ˈri.ɡo/, [äu̯ˈriːɡo]
Etymology 1
From aurīga (“charioteer”).
Alternative forms
Verb
aurīgō (present infinitive aurīgāre, perfect active aurīgāvī, supine aurīgātum); first conjugation
- I am a charioteer, drive a chariot.
- (figuratively) I rule, direct.
Conjugation
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
Alternative form of aurūgō (“jaundice; mildew”), from aurum (“gold”).
Noun
aurīgō f (genitive aurīginis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | aurīgō | aurīginēs |
genitive | aurīginis | aurīginum |
dative | aurīginī | aurīginibus |
accusative | aurīginem | aurīginēs |
ablative | aurīgine | aurīginibus |
vocative | aurīgō | aurīginēs |
References
- “aurigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- aurigo 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)
- aurigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.