# orgia
## Estonian
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

orgia (genitive orgia, partitive orgiat)
* orgy

#### Declension
### References

* orgia in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

## Galician
### Noun

orgia f (plural orgias, reintegrationist norm)
* reintegrationist spelling of orxía

### Further reading

* “orgia” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔr.d͡ʒa/
* Rhymes: -ɔrdʒa
* Hyphenation: òr‧gia

### Noun

orgia f (plural orge or orgie)
* (sex) orgy

#### Derived terms

* orgiaco
* orgiasta
* orgiastico

### Anagrams

* Agrio, Argio, Goria, agirò, rogai

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* orgium (rare)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia).

### Noun

orgia n pl (genitive orgiōrum); second declension
* 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.
* (in general) any secret frantic revels, orgies

#### Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

#### Descendants

* Catalan: orgia
* English: orgy
* French: orgie
** → Spanish: orgía
* 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: /ˈɔr.ɡja/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔrɡja
* Syllabification: or‧gia

### Noun

orgia f
* (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)
* orgy (sexual group activity)
* variety, diversity

#### Derived terms

* orgiastyczny

#### Related terms

* 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).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /oʁˈʒi.ɐ/ [oɦˈʒi.ɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /oʁˈʒi.ɐ/ [oɦˈʒi.ɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /oɾˈʒi.ɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /oʁˈʒi.ɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /oɻˈʒi.a/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɔɾˈʒi.ɐ/
* Hyphenation: or‧gi‧a

### Noun

orgia f (plural orgias)
* orgy

### References

* ↑ http://www.aulete.com.br/orgia

## Spanish
### Noun

orgia f (plural orgias)
* Obsolete spelling of orgía.

### Further reading

* “orgia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10