angaria

See also: Angaria

English

Noun

angaria (usually uncountable, plural angarias)

  1. Alternative form of angary

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin angaria

Pronunciation

Noun

angaria f (plural angaries)

  1. (law) angary

Further reading

French

Pronunciation

Verb

angaria

  1. third-person singular past historic of angarier

Italian

Verb

angaria

  1. inflection of angariare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀγγαρεία (angareía, “the office of a courier or messenger”), from ἄγγαρος (ángaros, “courier”), from Old Persian *𐎠𐎥𐎼𐎠 (*a-g-r-a /*angarā/, “missive, letter”), from Aramaic *𐡀𐡍‬𐡂𐡓‬𐡀‎ (*ʾn‬gr‬ʾ /*ʾengarā/), form of *𐡀𐡍‬𐡂𐡓‬𐡕𐡀‎ (*ʾn‬gr‬tʾ /*ʾengartā/), variant of 𐡀𐡂𐡓‬𐡕𐡀‎ (ʾgr‬tʾ /ʾiggartā/), 𐡀𐡍‬𐡂𐡓𐡕‬𐡀‎ (ʾn‬grt‬ʾ /ʾengirtā/, “missive, letter; contract”), from Akkadian 𒂊𒄈𒌅 (egirtu, “inscribed tablet; oracle of fate, ambiguous wording; contract, bound deal”), from 𒄃 (egēru, “to be difficult, to be twisted or locked together; to have a twisted tongue, to be unable to speak against an order”). See also Classical Syriac ܐܓܪܬܐ‎ (ʾeggarṯā, “letter, document”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /anˈɡa.ri.a/, [äŋˈɡäriä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /anˈɡa.ri.a/, [äŋˈɡäːriä]

Noun

angaria f (genitive angariae); first declension

  1. A compulsory service to a lord; corvee, villanage

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative angaria angariae
Genitive angariae angariārum
Dative angariae angariīs
Accusative angariam angariās
Ablative angariā angariīs
Vocative angaria angariae

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Galician: angueira
  • Italian: angheria
  • Portuguese: angueira
  • Spanish: árganas
  • → Catalan: angaria
  • → French: angarie
  • → Portuguese: angaria

Verb

angariā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of angariō

References

  • “angaria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • angaria 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)
  • angaria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “angaria”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “angaria”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Noun

angaria f (uncountable)

  1. angary (right to seize property during war)

Verb

angaria

  1. inflection of angariar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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