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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>aurīgo</b>: āvi, ātum, 1 (aurīgor, āri, v. dep., Varr. ap. Non. p. 70, 17), v. n. [[auriga]],<br /><b>I</b> to be a [[charioteer]] or a contender in the [[chariot]]-[[race]], to [[drive]] a [[chariot]], to [[contend]] in the [[chariot]]-[[race]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[post]]-Aug.; [[most]] freq. in Suet.), Plin. 33, 5, 27, § 90; Suet. Calig. 54; id. Ner. 24; 4; 22; 53; id. Calig. 18; id. Vit. 4; 17.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[rule]], [[direct]]: quo [[natura]] aurigatur non [[necessitudo]], Varr. ap. Non. l. l.: si (homines) [[nihil]] suā [[sponte]] faciunt, sed ducentibus stellis et aurigantibus, Gell. 14, 1, 23.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>aurīgō</b>,¹³ āvī, ātum, āre ([[auriga]]), intr., conduire un char : Plin. 33, 90 ; Suet. Cal. 54, etc. || [fig.] guider, gouverner : Gell. 14, 1, 23.<br />(2) <b>aurīgō</b>, v. [[aurugo]] : Scrib. Comp. 110.
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