aurigam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →auriga, aurigae:
Masculine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
charioteer, driver; groom, ostler; helmsman; the Waggoner (constellation);
acc. sg.
Examples
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...uittas.' audierat genitor: uetat indulgere uolentem Phoebus, et aurigam iactus detorquet in Hersen. ille ruit: deus ipse uagis..."Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...solito truculentior ardet. Inachidae credunt accensum laudibus; ille aurigam fugit, aurigae furiale minatur efferus, et campo dominum circumspicit..."- P
Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...certamina poscit. Hoc concussa metu mentem Iuturna virago aurigam Turni media inter lora Metiscum excutit et longe lapsum..." - P
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...dextra libratum fulmen ab aure misit in aurigam pariterque animaque rotisque expulit et saevis conpescuit ignibus ignes. consternantur..."