equiria
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From equus (“horse”), possibly combined with the root of currō "to run".[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) 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.
| 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