aequoreus

Latin

Etymology

From aequor (“even surface of the sea; sea”), from aequus (“even, flat”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ae̯ˈkʷo.re.us/, [äe̯ˈkʷɔreʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈkwo.re.us/, [eˈkwɔːreus]

Adjective

aequoreus (feminine aequorea, neuter aequoreum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) Of or pertaining to the sea.
   • 8 CE – 12 CE, Ovid, Sorrows 1.89–90:

     dum petit īnfirmīs nimium sublīmia pennīs
     Īcarus aequoreās nōmine fēcit aquās.

     While seeking – on fragile wings! – overly lofty [heights], Icarus conferred sea waters with his name.
     (See: Icarus; Icarian Sea.)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	aequoreus	aequorea	aequoreum		aequoreī	aequoreae	aequorea
genitive	aequoreī	aequoreae	aequoreī		aequoreōrum	aequoreārum	aequoreōrum
dative	aequoreō	aequoreae	aequoreō		aequoreīs
accusative	aequoreum	aequoream	aequoreum		aequoreōs	aequoreās	aequorea
ablative	aequoreō	aequoreā	aequoreō		aequoreīs
vocative	aequoree	aequorea	aequoreum		aequoreī	aequoreae	aequorea

Related terms

• aequē
• aequitās
• aequiter
• aequō
• aequor
• aequum
• aequus

Descendants

• ⇒ English: aequoreal
• → Italian: equoreo
• → Portuguese: equóreo
• → Translingual: Aequorea

References

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