Equus

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 Latin 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Alternative spellings 1.3 Etymology 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Related Words 1.4.2.1 Latin 1.4.2.2 English 1.4.2.3 Spanish

Latin

Pronunciation

• IPA: ['ekwus]

Alternative spellings

• equos (till 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.)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ekwos, horse. Originally palatal, the k became a gutteral in the centum languages, of which Latin is one. In the segmentation, *ekw-o-, the American Heritage Dictionary relates *ekw- to the adjective, *oku-, swift. A horse is thus the swift one, which fits the circumstance of Indo-European mobility.

Noun

equus, equi m

1. horse

Synonyms

• caballus

Related Words

Latin

• Diminutive: equulus
• Feminine: equa
• eques
• equinus
• equis virisque
• equitare
• equito
• Equus Troianus

English

• equestrian
• equine

Spanish

• yegua

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