triga

From Latin triga, a contraction of ter or tri- (“thrice”) + iuga (“yoked”).

triga (plural trigas or trigae)

1. (historical) A three-horse chariot used by the Ancient Romans.

• biga, quadriga

• tragi

Deverbal from trigar.

triga f (plural trigues)

1. delay

   Synonyms: tardança, trigança

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

triga

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

triga

1. to dwell (in a place)
2. to stay, remain

For to dwell in the present tense, the derived term bos trigys is more commonly used.

triga f sg

1. feminine singular of trigo

A contraction of ter or tri- (“thrice”) + iuga (“yoked”).

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, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     Otium Vindelicum sive Meletematum Historico-philosophicorum Triga

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

First-declension noun.

• trīgārius
• trīgārium

• biga
• quadriga

• (English): triga

• “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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

triga f (plural trigas)

1. hurry, eagerness

   Synonyms: pressa, afã, azáfama, ansiedade

2. (historical) a car pulled by tree horses