equa

Italian

Adjective

equa

1. feminine singular of equo

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Latin

Etymology

From equus (“horse”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈe.kʷa/, [ˈɛkʷä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.kwa/, [ˈɛːkwä]

Noun

equa f (genitive equae); first declension

1. a mare (female horse)

Declension

First-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -īs or -ābus).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	equa	equae
Genitive	equae	equārum
Dative	equae	equīs equābus
Accusative	equam	equās
Ablative	equā	equīs equābus
Vocative	equa	equae

Related terms

• equārius
• eques
• equester
• equiferus
• equīle
• equimulga
• equīnus

• equiō
• equīria
• equis virisque
• equīso
• equitārius
• equitātiō
• equitātus

• equitium
• equitō
• equula
• equuleus
• equulus
• equus
• Equus Troianus

Descendants

• Aromanian: eapã, iapã
• Asturian: yegua
• Catalan: egua, euga
  • Sardinian (Campidanese): egua
• Franco-Provençal: èga
• Galician: egua
• Occitan: èga

• Old French: ive, iewe
• Portuguese: égua
• Romanian: iapă
• Romansch: iefna
• Sardinian: ebba
• Spanish: yegua

References

• “equa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “equa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• equa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.