auriga

Learned borrowing from Latin aurīga.

• IPA^(key): /awˈri.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Hyphenation: au‧rì‧ga

auriga m (plural aurighi)

1. charioteer

• agurai, guairà

From aurea (“horse's bridle”) + agō + -a (agent noun).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [au̯ˈriː.ɡa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [au̯ˈriː.ɡa]

aurīga m (genitive aurīgae); first declension

1. charioteer
2. stable groom

First-declension noun.

• quadrīga

• “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

Learned borrowing from Latin auriga.

• IPA^(key): /awˈri.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Syllabification: au‧ri‧ga

auriga m pers

1. (Ancient Rome) charioteer (one who drives the chariot in ancient games)

   Hypernym: woźnica

• “auriga”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Learned borrowing from Latin auriga.

auriga m (uncountable)

1. charioteer

Learned borrowing from Latin aurīga.

• IPA^(key): /auˈɾiɡa/ [au̯ˈɾi.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Syllabification: au‧ri‧ga

auriga m (plural aurigas)

1. (poetic, literary) charioteer

   Synonym: cochero

• “auriga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025