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.

Anagrams

Catalan

Verb

triga

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

Galician

Adjective

triga f sg

  1. feminine singular of trigo

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.

Inflection

First declension.

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

Descendants

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, 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
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