triga

See also: TRIGA and trigà

English

Etymology

From Latin triga, a contraction of ter or tri- (“thrice”) + iuga (“yoked”).

Noun

triga (plural trigas or trigae)

1. (historical) A three-horse chariot used by the Ancient Romans.

Related terms

• biga, quadriga

Anagrams

• tragi

Catalan

Etymology 1

Deverbal from trigar.

Noun

triga f (plural trigues)

1. delay

   Synonyms: tardança, trigança

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

triga

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

Cornish

Verb

triga

1. to dwell (in a place)
2. to stay, remain

Usage notes

For to dwell in the present tense, the derived term bos trigys is more commonly used.

Derived terms

• bos trigys

 

Galician

Etymology 1

Adjective

triga f sg

1. feminine singular of trigo

Etymology 2

Verb

triga

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

Latin

Etymology

A contraction of ter or tri- (“thrice”) + iuga (“yoked”).

Noun

trīga f (genitive trīgae); first declension

1. (historical) A triga: a three-horse chariot during Roman times.
2. (figuratively) A trio: a set of three things bound together.
   • 1731, Johann Jakob Brucker, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     Otium Vindelicum sive Meletematum Historico-philosophicorum Triga

     Augsburg Idleness, or, a Triga of Historico-Philosophical Essays

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	trīga	trīgae
Genitive	trīgae	trīgārum
Dative	trīgae	trīgīs
Accusative	trīgam	trīgās
Ablative	trīgā	trīgīs
Vocative	trīga	trīgae

Derived terms

• trīgārius
• trīgārium

Related terms

• biga
• quadriga

Descendants

• (English): triga

References

• “triga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• triga 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)
• triga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “triga”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾi.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾi.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾi.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾi.ɡɐ/ [ˈtɾi.ɣɐ]

• Hyphenation: tri‧ga

Noun

triga f (plural trigas)

1. hurry, eagerness

   Synonyms: pressa, afã, azáfama, ansiedade

2. (historical) a car pulled by tree horses