English

Noun

triga ‎(plural trigas or trigae)

1. (historical) A three-horse chariot in Roman history or contexts.

Related terms

• biga, quadriga

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.
   • 1731, Johann Jakob Brucker:

     Otium Vindelicum sive Meletematum Historico-philosophicorum Triga

     Augsburg Idleness, or, a Triga of Historico-Philosophical Essays

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

• biga, quadriga

Descendants

• (English): triga

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “triga”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• triga in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers