biga

Borrowed from Latin bīga.

biga (plural bigas or bigae)

1. (historical) A Roman racing chariot drawn by two horses abreast.

• quadriga

• Baig, bagi, gabi

biga

1. calf

biga

1. two

Origin uncertain; probably from Latin bīga ‘tree-trunk’. Cognate with Portuguese viga, Spanish biga, Occitan biga.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ɡə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ɡa/

biga f (plural bigues)

1. beam, as in a large piece of wood or metal serving a structural role in a building

• “biga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

biga

1. semen
2. precum
3. lust; a feeling of strong desire, especially such a feeling driven by sexual arousal

biga

1. to be in heat
2. to be randy; to feel horny
3. to lust

From Latin bīgā.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ɡa/

biga f (plural bighe)

1. (historical) chariot (two-wheeled)
2. (baking) pre-ferment sponge, similar to poolish (bread starter)
   • 2018, Piergiorgio Giorilli, Il grande libro del pane, Kindle edition, Milan: Gribaudo, →ISBN:

     Gli impasti a base di biga hanno particolari proprietà viscoso-elastiche e risultano particolarmente lisci ed estensibili. […] Infatti spesso per realizzare le ricette, come pasta dura o pane pugliese, vengono utilizzate tutte e due, sia biga sia pasta di riporto, in modo da sfruttare le peculiarità di ambedue le paste.

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bi- +‎ iuga

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbiː.ɡa/

bīga f (genitive bīgae); first declension

1. chariot (two-wheeled)
2. (in the plural) pair of horses

First declension.

• biga in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• biga in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• biga in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• biga in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

• pīga

bīga f

1. pile, heap

• Middle High German: bīge
  • Alemannic German: Biigi
  • German: Beige
• → Italian: bica

biga f (plural bigas)

1. chariot (type of vehicle)

biga

1. (Campidanese) beam