orgia

See also: orgía

Estonian

Noun

orgia (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. orgy

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin orgia, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔr.d͡ʒa/, [ˈɔr̺d͡ʒä]
• Rhymes: -ɔrdʒa
• Hyphenation: òr‧gia

Noun

orgia f (plural orge or orgie)

1. (sex) orgy

Derived terms

• orgiaco
• orgiasta
• orgiastico

Anagrams

• agirò
• Argio
• rogai

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Latin

Alternative forms

• orgium (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia).

Noun

orgia

1. a nocturnal festival in honor of Bacchus, accompanied by wild bacchanalian cries; the feast or orgies of Bacchus
2. (in general) any secret frantic revels, orgies

Descendants

• Catalan: orgia
• English: orgy
• French: orgie
• Italian: orgia

• Portuguese: orgia
• Romanian: orgie, urgie
• Spanish: orgía

References

• “orgia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• orgia 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)
• “orgia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “orgia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “orgia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orgia or French orgie, from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾ.ˈʒi.a/, /oʁ.ˈʒi.a/
• Hyphenation: or‧gi‧a

Noun

orgia f (plural orgias)

1. orgy

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Spanish

Noun

orgia f (plural orgias)

1. Obsolete spelling of orgía.