orgia Latin · revision 9402

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Catullus|origins=grc ὄργια}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''orgia''' ''n pl'' (genitive orgiōrum); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|ὄργια|tr=órgia|t=secret rites]], which Köbler relates to [[m|grc|ἔργον|tr=érgon|t=deed, work]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source and Gaffiot's first citation are from Catullus, whom Köbler dates 81/79–52/50 BC.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a plural noun for secret rites, mysteries, especially those of Bacchus, as in Catullus and Virgil, and Lewis & Short describe the nocturnal festival of Bacchus with its wild cries.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Gaffiot also gives the sacred objects of the mysteries.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for the secret rites of Bacchus.^(DMLBS) [[en|orgy]] came in the 1560s as ''orgies'', of secret rites of Greek and Roman gods, through French ''orgies'' and directly; the sense “wild revelry” came later.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of the rites of Bacchus.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1560s – English ''orgies'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # (plural) Secret rites, [[m|en|mystery|alt=mysteries]], especially of [[m|en|bacchus|alt=Bacchus]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # The sacred objects of the mysteries.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Bacchānālia]]

+ * [[en|orgy]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}