"biga" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈbiː.ɡa] [Classical-Latin], [ˈbiː.ɡa] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: bi- + iuga Etymology templates: {{prefix|la|bi|iuga}} bi- + iuga Head templates: {{la-noun|bīga<1>}} bīga f (genitive bīgae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|bīga<1>}} Forms: bīga [canonical, feminine], bīgae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], bīga [nominative, singular], bīgae [nominative, plural], bīgae [genitive, singular], bīgārum [genitive, plural], bīgae [dative, singular], bīgīs [dative, plural], bīgam [accusative, singular], bīgās [accusative, plural], bīgā [ablative, singular], bīgīs [ablative, plural], bīga [singular, vocative], bīgae [plural, vocative]
  1. chariot (two-wheeled) Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-biga-la-noun-gjpLCll- Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Latin terms prefixed with bi- Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 52 48 Disambiguation of Latin terms prefixed with bi-: 53 47
  2. (in the plural) pair of horses Tags: declension-1, in-plural
    Sense id: en-biga-la-noun-xMwS9KaA Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Latin terms prefixed with bi- Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 52 48 Disambiguation of Latin terms prefixed with bi-: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bīgātus Related terms: biiugus
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bīgātus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "lang_code": "sq",
      "word": "bigë"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "bigã"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "biga"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "biga"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "biga"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "biga"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "biga"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "biga"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "bigă"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "viga"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "la",
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        "3": "iuga"
      },
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      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "bi- + iuga",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bīga",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bīgae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bīga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bīgae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bīgae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bīgārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bīgae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bīgīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bīgam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bīgās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bīgā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bīgīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bīga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bīgae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "bīga<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "bīga f (genitive bīgae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bīga<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "biiugus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms prefixed with bi-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chariot (two-wheeled)"
      ],
      "id": "en-biga-la-noun-gjpLCll-",
      "links": [
        [
          "chariot",
          "chariot"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
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          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms prefixed with bi-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pair of horses"
      ],
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          "pair"
        ],
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          "horse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) pair of horses"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbiː.ɡa]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbiː.ɡa]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "biga"
}
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    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Latin first declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms prefixed with bi-",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 15 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bīgātus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "lang_code": "sq",
      "word": "bigë"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "bigã"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "biga"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "biga"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "biga"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "biga"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "biga"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "biga"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "bigă"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "viga"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "iuga"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "bi- + iuga",
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    {
      "form": "bīga",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bīgae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bīga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bīgae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bīgae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bīgārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bīgae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bīgīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bīgam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bīgās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bīgā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bīgīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bīga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bīgae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bīga<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "biiugus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "chariot (two-wheeled)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chariot",
          "chariot"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pair of horses"
      ],
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        [
          "pair",
          "pair"
        ],
        [
          "horse",
          "horse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) pair of horses"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbiː.ɡa]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbiː.ɡa]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "biga"
}

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