Auriga, æ, A signe in the firmament vpon the hornes of % Bull, that hath ioyned to it one cleare starre. In the hande of Auriga be two starres colled Hædi, whose rising and going downe doth oftentimes cause great tempests.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
aurīga, ae (aureax, Paul. ex Fest p. 8 Müll.), comm. (cf. Prisc. p. 677 P.) [aureaago], pr., he that handles the reins.I. A..A charioteer, driver (syn.: agitator, agaso), Verg. A. 12, 624; Hor C. 1, 15, 26; id. S. 1, 1, 115; Ov. M. 2, 327; id. Am. 3, 12, 37; Vulg 3 Reg. 22, 34; ib. 4 Reg. 2, 12; ib. 2 Par. 18, 13 al.—Also, a groom, hostler, Verg. A. 12, 85.—In fem.: nec currus usquam videt aurigamque sororem, Verg. A. 12, 918.—Also, one who contended in the chariot-race, a charioteer in the games of the circus (the four parties of whom were distinguished by the colors, Veneta, blue, Prasina, green, Alba, white, and Russea sive Russata, red; cf Cassiod. Var 3, 51; Gesn. Plin. Ep. 9, 6, 2): auriga indoctus, Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 292, 32 (p. 328 Mos.); so Suet Aug. 43; id. Calig. 54; id. Vit. 12; id. Dom. 7.—B.Transf.1. As a constellation, the Wagoner, Gr. (*hnio/xos, Cic. N. D. 2, 43, 110; Hyg. Astr. 3, 12; Col. 11, 2, 73.— 2. Poet, a pilot, helmsman: aurigam video vela dedisse rati, Ov. Tr 1, 4, 16.—II.Trop., director, leader: velut auriga rectrixque membrorum anima, Col. 11, 2, 9.