auriga

See also: Auriga and aurigą

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aurīga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awˈri.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Hyphenation: au‧rì‧ga

Noun

auriga m (plural aurighi)

1. charioteer

Anagrams

• agurai, guairà

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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

Descendants

• → Catalan: auriga (learned)
• → English: Auriga (learned)
• → French: aurige (learned)
• → Galician: auriga (learned)
• → Italian: auriga (learned)
• → Polish: auriga (learned)
• → Portuguese: auriga (learned)
• → Romanian: auriga (learned)
• → Spanish: auriga (learned)

See also

• quadrīga

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

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin auriga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awˈri.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Syllabification: au‧ri‧ga

Noun

auriga m pers

1. (Ancient Rome) charioteer (one who drives the chariot in ancient games)

   Hypernym: woźnica

Declension

Declension of auriga

	singular	plural
nominative	auriga	aurogiwie
genitive	aurigi	aurigów
dative	auridze	aurigom
accusative	aurigę	aurigów
instrumental	aurigą	aurigami
locative	auridze	aurigach
vocative	aurigo	aurogiwie

Further reading

• auriga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin auriga.

Noun

auriga m (uncountable)

1. charioteer

Declension

declension of auriga (singular only)

	singular
m gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) auriga	aurigaul
genitive/dative	(unui) auriga	aurigaului
vocative	aurigaule

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aurīga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /auˈɾiɡa/ [au̯ˈɾi.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Syllabification: au‧ri‧ga

Noun

auriga m (plural aurigas)

1. (poetic, literary) charioteer

Further reading

• “auriga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014