equiria
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From equus (“horse”), possibly combined with the root of currō "to run".[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eˈkʷiː.ri.a/, [ɛˈkʷiːriä] or IPA(key): /eˈkʷi.ri.a/, [ɛˈkʷɪriä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈkwi.ri.a/, [eˈkwiːriä]
- The length of the i in the second syllable is uncertain: Gaffiot marks it short and Lewis and Short marks it long.
Noun[edit]
equī̆ria n pl (genitive equī̆rium or equī̆riōrum); third declension
- (plural only) The two annual horse races held in honour of Mars
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem), plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | equī̆ria |
| Genitive | equī̆rium equī̆riōrum |
| Dative | equī̆ribus equī̆riīs |
| Accusative | equī̆ria |
| Ablative | equī̆ribus equī̆riīs |
| Vocative | equī̆ria |
- Declines as a neuter plural noun of either the third or second declension (compare variation in the declension of other festival names in -ia such as Sāturnālia or Lupercālia)
References[edit]
- “equiria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- equiria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “currō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 158