auriga

Etymology

From Latin aurīga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /auˈri.ɡa/

Noun

auriga m (plural aurighi)

1. charioteer

Anagrams

• guairà

Etymology

From aurea (“horse's bridle”) + agō (“do, lead, drive”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈriː.ɡa/

• Audio (Classical)

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Noun

aurīga m (genitive aurīgae); first declension

1. charioteer
2. stable groom

References

• auriga in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• auriga in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• auriga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• auriga in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• auriga in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Etymology

From Latin aurīga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /auˈɾiɡa/, [au̯ˈɾiɣa]

Noun

auriga m (plural aurigas)

1. (poetic, literary) charioteer

Further reading

• “auriga” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.