auriga
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aurigo, aurigare, aurigavi, aurigatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
drive/race a chariot;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - Entry →auriga, aurigae:
Masculine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
charioteer, driver; groom, ostler; helmsman; the Waggoner (constellation);
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...generum artes studiosissime et diversissimas exercuit. Thraex et auriga, idem cantor atque saltator, battuebat pugnatoriis armis, aurigabat exstructo..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...spatia, et frustra retinacula tendens fertur equis auriga, neque audit currus habenas". Sed hae sunt sine antapodosi. LXXIX..."
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...tubas, qua conus et enses, qua trepidis auriga rotis nocturnaque muris claustra cadunt. talesque metus non Martia cassis..."
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...diuersaque uulnera flentes Iphis eques, pedes Argus, Abas auriga iacebant. Inachidae gemini geminos e sanguine Cadmi occultos galeis..."Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...uictor curru Neptunia tendit lora Pelops, prensatque rotas auriga natantes Myrtilos et uolucri iam iamque relinquitur..."Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...cingi latus; arma manipli pone ferunt, uolucres portis auriga sub ipsis comit equos, et iam inde iugo luctatur..."Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...denso cum murmure plumas excutit: urguet enim stimulis auriga cruentis facta, infecta loqui, curruque infestus ab alto terga..."Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...cruorem praebuit saeuis tinxitque crudos ultimus rictus sanguis aurigae. Vidit Hippolyte ferox pectore e medio rapi spolium..."