angaria

See also: Angaria

English

Noun

angaria (usually uncountable, plural angarias)

1. Alternative form of angary

Anagrams

• Niagara

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin angaria

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əŋ.ɡəˈɾi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aŋ.ɡaˈɾi.a]

Noun

angaria f (plural angaries)

1. (law) angary

Further reading

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

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: angarias, angariât

Verb

angaria

1. third-person singular past historic of angarier

Italian

Verb

angaria

1. inflection of angariare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• ragnaia

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀγγαρεία (angareía, “the office of a courier or messenger”), from ἄγγαρος (ángaros, “courier”), from Old Persian *𐎠𐎥𐎼𐎠 (*a-g-r-a /⁠*angarā⁠/, “missive, letter”), from Aramaic *𐡀𐡍‬𐡂𐡓‬𐡀 (*ʾn‬gr‬ʾ /⁠*ʾengarā⁠/), form of *𐡀𐡍‬𐡂𐡓‬𐡕𐡀 (*ʾn‬gr‬tʾ /⁠*ʾengartā⁠/), variant of 𐡀𐡂𐡓‬𐡕𐡀 (ʾgr‬tʾ /⁠ʾiggartā⁠/), 𐡀𐡍‬𐡂𐡓𐡕‬𐡀 (ʾn‬grt‬ʾ /⁠ʾengirtā⁠/, “missive, letter; contract”), from Akkadian 𒂊𒄈𒌅 (egirtu, “inscribed tablet; oracle of fate, ambiguous wording; contract, bound deal”), from 𒄃 (egēru, “to be difficult, to be twisted or locked together; to have a twisted tongue, to be unable to speak against an order”). See also Classical Syriac ܐܓܪܬܐ (ʾeggarṯā, “letter, document”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /anˈɡa.ri.a/, [äŋˈɡäriä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈɡa.ri.a/, [äŋˈɡäːriä]

Noun

angaria f (genitive angariae); first declension

1. A compulsory service to a lord; corvee, villanage

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	angaria	angariae
Genitive	angariae	angariārum
Dative	angariae	angariīs
Accusative	angariam	angariās
Ablative	angariā	angariīs
Vocative	angaria	angariae

Derived terms

• angariālis
• angariō

Descendants

• Galician: angueira
• Italian: angheria
• Portuguese: angueira
• Spanish: árganas
• → Catalan: angaria
• → French: angarie
  • → English: angary
• → Portuguese: angaria

Verb

angariā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of angariō

References

• “angaria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• angaria 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)
• angaria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “angaria”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “angaria”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Noun

angaria f (uncountable)

1. angary (right to seize property during war)

Etymology 2

Verb

angaria

1. inflection of angariar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative