equiria

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From equus (horse), possibly combined with the root of currō "to run".[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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equī̆ria n pl (genitive equī̆rium or equī̆riōrum); third declension

  1. (plural only) The two annual horse races held in honour of Mars

Declension

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Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem), plural only.

  • 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

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  • 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.
  1. ^ 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