origa
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /oːˈriː.ɡa/, [oːˈriːɡä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈri.ɡa/, [oˈriːɡä]
Noun
editōrīga f (genitive ōrīgae); first declension
- Alternative form of aurīga
- 116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Agricultural Topics 2.7.8:
- Admittere oportet, cum tempus anni venerit, bis die, mane et vespere, per origam; sic appellatur qui admittit.
- When the proper season arrives, the stallion should be admitted twice daily, morning and evening, with the help of the groom — as they call the man who attends to the mating.
- Admittere oportet, cum tempus anni venerit, bis die, mane et vespere, per origam; sic appellatur qui admittit.
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ōrīga | ōrīgae |
Genitive | ōrīgae | ōrīgārum |
Dative | ōrīgae | ōrīgīs |
Accusative | ōrīgam | ōrīgās |
Ablative | ōrīgā | ōrīgīs |
Vocative | ōrīga | ōrīgae |
References
edit- “origa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- origa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.