origa
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /oːˈriː.ɡa/, [oːˈriːɡä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈri.ɡa/, [oˈriːɡä]
Noun
ōrīga f (genitive ōrīgae); first declension
- Alternative form of aurīga
- 116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Rerum Rusticarum 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
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.
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