Translingual

Equus ferus przewalskii

Proper noun

Equus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Equidae – horses, zebras, donkeys, and onagers.

Hypernyms

• (species): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Epitheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Perissodactyla - order; Equoidea - superfamily; Equidae - family; Equinae - subfamily; Equini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Equus asinus, Equus burchelli (obsolete), Equus caballus, Equus ferus, Equus grevyi, Equus hemionus, Equus kiang, Equus mulus, Equus quagga, Equus zebra (species)
  • (extinct species): Equus alaskae, Equus altidens, Equus bressanus, Equus calobatus, Equus conversidens, Equus crenidens, Equus cumminsii, Equus eisenmannae, Equus excelsus, Equus francisci, Equus fraternus, Equus fromanius, Equus giganteus, Equus hippo, Equus holmesi, Equus hydruntinus, Equus idahoensis, Equus jubatus, Equus lambei, Equus laurentius, Equus leidyi, Equus litoralis, Equus mosbachensis, Equus nearticus, Equus niobrarensis, Equus occidentalis, Equus ovodovi, Equus pacificus, Equus pectinatus, Equus pseudaltidens, Equus robustus, Equus sanmeniensis, Equus scotti, Equus semiplicatus, Equus simplicidens, Equus stenonis, Equus sussenbornensis, Equus verae

Latin

Proper noun

Equus

1. The constellation Pegasus.

Latin

Alternative forms

• equos (until the middle of the first century B.C.)
• ecus (the regular development, later remodeled to equus on the analogy of the stem equ- as remained, e.g., in the genitive equi)

Noun

equus m ‎(genitive equī); second declension

1. a horse
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid II.48

     equo ne credite, Teucri! Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.

     Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Danaans even if they are bearing gifts.

2. a steed, charger

Inflection

Second declension.

Synonyms

• caballus, form used in Vulgar Latin.

Derived terms

• equisaetum
• equīso

Related terms

Descendants

• Translingual: Equus
• English: equine
• Esperanto: ekvo, ekvedo, ekveno
• Spanish: equino

References

• equus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• equus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• EQUUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “equus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to begin a journey (on foot, on horseback, by land): iter ingredi (pedibus, equo, terra)
    
  • to ride: equo vehi
    
  • to saddle a horse: sternere equum
    
  • to mount: conscendere equum
    
  • to mount: ascendere in equum
    
  • to dismount: descendere ex equo
    
  • to be on horseback: in equo sedere; equo insidēre
    
  • to sit a horse well; to have a good seat: (in) equo haerere
    
  • to put spurs to a horse: calcaria subdere equo
    
  • to put spurs to a horse: calcaribus equum concitare
    
  • at full gallop: equo citato or admisso
    
  • ride against any one at full speed; charge a person: equum in aliquem concitare
    
  • to give a horse the reins: admittere, permittere equum
    
  • to give a horse the reins: frenos dare equo
    
  • to make a horse prance: agitare equum
    
  • to manage a horse: moderari equum
    
  • the horses are panic-stricken, run away: equi consternantur
    
  • to bring horses to the halt when at full gallop: equos incitatos sustinere
    
  • to keep horses, dogs: alere equos, canes
    
  • to serve in the cavalry, infantry: equo, pedibus merere (Liv. 27. 11)
    
  • to capture horses: capere equos
    
  • to fight on horseback: ex equo pugnare