orgia

See also: orgía and órgia

Estonian

Noun

orgia (genitive orgia, partitive orgiat)

  1. orgy

Declension

Declension of orgia (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative orgia orgiad
accusative nom.
gen. orgia
genitive orgiate
partitive orgiat orgiaid
illative orgiasse orgiatesse
orgiaisse
inessive orgias orgiates
orgiais
elative orgiast orgiatest
orgiaist
allative orgiale orgiatele
orgiaile
adessive orgial orgiatel
orgiail
ablative orgialt orgiatelt
orgiailt
translative orgiaks orgiateks
orgiaiks
terminative orgiani orgiateni
essive orgiana orgiatena
abessive orgiata orgiateta
comitative orgiaga orgiatega

References

Italian

Etymology

From Latin orgia, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔr.d͡ʒa/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrdʒa
  • Hyphenation: òr‧gia

Noun

orgia f (plural orge or orgie)

  1. (sex) orgy

Derived terms

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

  • orgium (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia).

Noun

orgia n pl (genitive orgiōrum); second declension

  1. a nocturnal festival in honor of Bacchus, accompanied by wild bacchanalian cries; the feast or orgies of Bacchus
    • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 64.259–260:
      [] , pars obscūra cavīs celebrābant orgia cistīs,
      orgia quae frūstrā cupiunt audīre profānī.
      Some of them celebrated an obscure festival [of Bacchus] with hollow baskets, a festival that the profane in vain want to attend.
  2. (in general) any secret frantic revels, orgies

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative orgia
Genitive orgiōrum
Dative orgiīs
Accusative orgia
Ablative orgiīs
Vocative orgia

Descendants

  • Catalan: orgia
  • English: orgy
  • French: orgie
  • Italian: orgia
  • Portuguese: orgia
  • Romanian: orgie, urgie
  • Spanish: órgia

References

  • orgia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • orgia 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)
  • orgia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • orgia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • orgia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Orgie, from Latin orgia, from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia, secret rites, mysteries).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔr.ɡja/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔrɡja
  • Syllabification: or‧gia

Noun

orgia f

  1. (historical) orgy (secret rites or ceremonies, typically involving riotous and dissolute behavior, including dancing, drunkenness and indiscriminate sexual activity, undertaken in honor of various pagan gods or goddesses)
  2. orgy (sexual group activity)
  3. variety, diversity

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
  • orgiastyczny
nouns
  • orgiastyczność
  • orgiazm
  • orgietka

Further reading

  • orgia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • orgia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orgia or French orgie, from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia).[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /oʁˈʒi.ɐ/ [oɦˈʒi.ɐ]

  • Hyphenation: or‧gi‧a

Noun

orgia f (plural orgias)

  1. orgy

References

Spanish

Noun

orgia f (plural orgias)

  1. Obsolete spelling of orgía

Further reading

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