What does trīga mean in Latin?

trīga, a noun, means “A triga: a three-horse chariot during Roman times.; A trio: a set of three things bound together.”.

What is the genitive of trīga?

The genitive singular is trīgae. trīga is feminine, first declension.

noun · femininefirst declension

trīga f (genitive trīgae)

historicalA triga: a three-horse chariot during Roman times.
figurativelyA trio: a set of three things bound together.
Otium Vindelicum sive Meletematum Historico-philosophicorum TrigaAugsburg Idleness, or, a Triga of Historico-Philosophical Essays1731, Johann Jakob Brucker, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

trīga, ae, f. contr. from trijuga. *

I. A team of three horses, or a chariot drawn by three horses, Dig. 21, 1, 38, § 14.—

II. A set of three, a triad, three, Arn. 4, 136; cf. Anthol. Lat. 1, p. 439.

A contraction of ter or tri- (“thrice”) + iuga (“yoked”).

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