[ˈɔr.ɡi.a], [ˈɔr.d͡ʒi.a]
OriginBorrowed from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia).
- declension-2, neuter, plurala nocturnal festival in honor of Bacchus, accompanied by wild bacchanalian cries; the feast or orgies of Bacchus
“[…] , pars obscūra cavīs celebrābant orgia cistīs,” — Some of them celebrated an obscure festival [of Bacchus] with hollow baskets, a festival that the profane in vain want to attend.
- declension-2, neuter, plural, usuallyany secret frantic revels, orgies
- declension-1, feminine, singularA town of the Ilergetes mentioned by Ptolemy
Formsorgiōrum(genitive) · orgia(nominative, plural) · orgiōrum(genitive, plural) · orgiīs(dative, plural) · orgia(accusative, plural) · orgiīs(ablative, plural) · orgia(plural, vocative) · orgium(alternative) · Orgiae(genitive) · Orgia(nominative, singular) · Orgiae(genitive, singular) · Orgiae(dative, singular) · Orgiam(accusative, singular) · Orgiā(ablative, singular) · Orgia(singular, vocative) · Orgiae(locative, singular)
Source: Wiktionary