hetaerice

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Latin

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek (ῐ̔́ππος) ἑταιρῐκή ((híppos) hetairikḗ, (horse) guards), from ἑταῖρος (hetaîros, comrade, companion) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós, -ic, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hetaericē f (genitive hetaericēs); first declension

  1. body of horse guards in the Macedonian army
    • c. 110 BCEc. 25 BCE, Cornelius Nepos, On the Eminent Commanders XVIII. Eumenes 1.6:
      novissimo tempore praefuit etiam alterae equitum alae, quae hetaerice appellabatur.
      In the very recent time, he also commanded another cavalry wing called the hetaerice.

Inflection

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First-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative hetaericē hetaericae
Genitive hetaericēs hetaericārum
Dative hetaericae hetaericīs
Accusative hetaericēn hetaericās
Ablative hetaericē hetaericīs
Vocative hetaericē hetaericae
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