origa
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /oːˈriː.ɡa/, [oːˈriːɡä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈri.ɡa/, [oˈriːɡä]
Adjective
ōrīga f (genitive ōrīgae); first declension
- Alternative form of aurīga
- 116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Rerum rusticarum libri III 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[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- origa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette