Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 614.equus on page 614
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equus horse
equus is a Latin Noun that primarily means horse.
Definitions for equus
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
horse
English derivatives:
equestrian equine
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A horse. (b) (of various mythical horses or sim.). (c) (spec.) a stallion. (d) ~us fluuiatilis, a hippopotamus. (e) (phrs.) ~o (in ~o), on horseback; ~is uiris (or sim.), (colloq.), with all one's resources, with all one has.
- 2
(in full ~us publicus) The horse conferred by the State on a Roman calvaryman or, later, a member of the equestrian order (under the Empire app. without military significance) and forfeited for misconduct.
- 3
A Statue or other representation of a horse; (esp. applied to the Trojan Horse).
Sentences with equus
Latin to English
Equōs ad raedam nostram dēvertēbat.Compare He began to turn the horses aside in the direction of our carriage.
Salus sum eques, qui raptim ipse desilio, pavidusque rex in equus subjicio.Compare A horseman saved him, who hurriedly dismounted himself, and placed the terrified king on his horse.
Equus pars magnus nans lorum a puppis traho.Compare A great part of the horses were dragged by their reins from the sterns, swimming.
Declension table for equus
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | equus | equī |
| Gen. | equī | equōrum |
| Dat. | equō | equīs |
| Acc. | equum | equōs |
| Voc. | eque | equī |
| Abl. | equō | equīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 150.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 614.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 121.
Bibliography
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Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "equus, equī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 18, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/equus-equi.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 150.equus, equī on page 150
