caballus
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[edit] Etymology
Disputed. Generally believed[1] to be from Gaulish caballos.[2]. This term is cognate to Welsh ceffyl,[3][1] Manx cabbyl,[1] Scottish Gaelic and Irish capall.[1]
Also proposed is Ancient Greek καβάλλης (kaballēs) 'nag', in turn possibly a borrowing from a Balkan[4] or north-east European language.
[edit] Noun
caballus (genitive caballī); m, second declension
[edit] Usage notes
In Classical Latin, the word equus is used for a horse, whereas caballus is used in Vulgar and Late Latin, and in the classical period only by the poets. It only later appears in prose.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Origins, by Eric Partridge, p. 85
- ^ Delamare 2003 p.96
- ^ The Origin of Language and Nations, by Rowland Jones p. 151
- ^ Cf. Serbian кобила (kobila) = "mare"
- Delamarre, X. & Lambert, P. -Y. (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise : Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental (2nd ed.). Paris: Errance. ISBN 978 2 87772 369 5, ISBN 2 87772 237 6
