biga

See also: bigă

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bīga.

Noun

biga (plural bigas or bigae)

1. (historical) A Roman racing chariot drawn by two horses abreast.

See also

• quadriga

Anagrams

• Baig, bagi, gabi

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Basque

Noun

biga ?

1. calf

Numeral

biga

1. two

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Catalan

Etymology

Origin uncertain; probably from Latin bīga ‘tree-trunk’. Cognate with Portuguese viga, Spanish biga, Occitan biga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbi.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbi.ɣa]

Noun

biga f (plural bigues)

1. beam, as in a large piece of wood or metal serving a structural role in a building

Further reading

• “biga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Cebuano

Noun

biga

1. semen
2. precum
3. lust; a feeling of strong desire, especially such a feeling driven by sexual arousal

Verb

biga

1. to be in heat
2. to be randy; to feel horny
3. to lust

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin bīgā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ɡa/

Noun

biga f (plural bighe)

1. (historical) chariot (two-wheeled)
2. (baking) pre-ferment sponge, similar to poolish (bread starter)
   • 2018, Piergiorgio Giorilli, Il grande libro del pane, Kindle edition, Milan: Gribaudo, →ISBN:

     Gli impasti a base di biga hanno particolari proprietà viscoso-elastiche e risultano particolarmente lisci ed estensibili. […] Infatti spesso per realizzare le ricette, come pasta dura o pane pugliese, vengono utilizzate tutte e due, sia biga sia pasta di riporto, in modo da sfruttare le peculiarità di ambedue le paste.

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Latin

Etymology

bi- +‎ iuga

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbiː.ɡa/, [ˈbiːɡä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ɡa/, [ˈbiːɡä]

Noun

bīga f (genitive bīgae); first declension

1. chariot (two-wheeled)
2. (in the plural) pair of horses

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bīga	bīgae
Genitive	bīgae	bīgārum
Dative	bīgae	bīgīs
Accusative	bīgam	bīgās
Ablative	bīgā	bīgīs
Vocative	bīga	bīgae

Descendants

• Albanian: bigë
• Aromanian: bigã
• Catalan: biga
• Occitan: biga

• Portuguese: viga
• Romanian: bigă
• Spanish: viga

References

• “biga”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• biga 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)
• “biga”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “biga”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Old High German

Alternative forms

• pīga

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bīga f

1. pile, heap

Descendants

• Middle High German: bīge
  • Alemannic German: Biigi
  • German: Beige
• → Italian: bica

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Portuguese

Noun

biga f (plural s)

1. chariot (type of vehicle)

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Sardinian

Noun

biga

1. (Campidanese) beam