equiferus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
equus (“horse”) + ferus (“wild”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eˈkʷi.fe.rus/, [ɛˈkʷɪfɛrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈkwi.fe.rus/, [eˈkwiːferus]
Noun edit
equiferus m (genitive equiferī); second declension
- wild horse
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 28.45.159:
- De equiferis non scripserunt Graeci, quoniam terrae illae non gignebant, verum tamen fortiora omnia eadem quam in equis intellegi debent.
- Translation by W. H. S. Jones
- About wild horses the Greeks have not written, because Greek lands did not breed them, but it must be inferred that all remedies from them are more potent than from the tame animal.
- Translation by W. H. S. Jones
- De equiferis non scripserunt Graeci, quoniam terrae illae non gignebant, verum tamen fortiora omnia eadem quam in equis intellegi debent.
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | equiferus | equiferī |
| Genitive | equiferī | equiferōrum |
| Dative | equiferō | equiferīs |
| Accusative | equiferum | equiferōs |
| Ablative | equiferō | equiferīs |
| Vocative | equifere | equiferī |
Descendants edit
- Vulgar Latin: *eciferus
- Old Galician-Portuguese: *ezevro, ezebro, zevro
References edit
- “equiferus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “equiferus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers