orgia
Estonian edit
Noun edit
orgia (genitive orgia, partitive orgiat)
Declension edit
Declension of orgia (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | orgia | orgiad | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | orgia | ||
genitive | orgiate | ||
partitive | orgiat | orgiaid | |
illative | orgiasse | orgiatesse orgiaisse | |
inessive | orgias | orgiates orgiais | |
elative | orgiast | orgiatest orgiaist | |
allative | orgiale | orgiatele orgiaile | |
adessive | orgial | orgiatel orgiail | |
ablative | orgialt | orgiatelt orgiailt | |
translative | orgiaks | orgiateks orgiaiks | |
terminative | orgiani | orgiateni | |
essive | orgiana | orgiatena | |
abessive | orgiata | orgiateta | |
comitative | orgiaga | orgiatega |
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Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin orgia, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
orgia f (plural orge or orgie)
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Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
- orgium (rare)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia).
Noun edit
orgia n pl (genitive orgiōrum); second declension
- a nocturnal festival in honor of Bacchus, accompanied by wild bacchanalian cries; the feast or orgies of Bacchus
- c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 64.259–260:
- […] , pars obscūra cavīs celebrābant orgia cistīs,
orgia quae frūstrā cupiunt audīre profānī.- Some of them celebrated an obscure festival [of Bacchus] with hollow baskets, a festival that the profane in vain want to attend.
- […] , pars obscūra cavīs celebrābant orgia cistīs,
- (in general) any secret frantic revels, orgies
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.
Case | Plural |
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Nominative | orgia |
Genitive | orgiōrum |
Dative | orgiīs |
Accusative | orgia |
Ablative | orgiīs |
Vocative | orgia |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “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
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Orgie, from Latin orgia, from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia, “secret rites, mysteries”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
orgia f
- (historical) orgy (secret rites or ceremonies, typically involving riotous and dissolute behavior, including dancing, drunkenness and indiscriminate sexual activity, undertaken in honor of various pagan gods or goddesses)
- orgy (sexual group activity)
- variety, diversity
Declension edit
Declension of orgia
Derived terms edit
adjective
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nouns
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin orgia or French orgie, from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: or‧gi‧a
Noun edit
orgia f (plural orgias)
References edit
Spanish edit
Noun edit
orgia f (plural orgias)
Further reading edit
- “orgia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014