origa

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oːˈriː.ɡa/, [oːˈriːɡä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈri.ɡa/, [oˈriːɡä]

Noun

ōrīga f (genitive ōrīgae); first declension

1. 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.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ōrīga	ōrīgae
Genitive	ōrīgae	ōrīgārum
Dative	ōrīgae	ōrīgīs
Accusative	ōrīgam	ōrīgās
Ablative	ōrīgā	ōrīgīs
Vocative	ōrīga	ōrīgae

References

• “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.