equitium

Latin

Alternative forms

• equicium

Etymology

From equus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eˈkʷi.ti.um/, [ɛˈkʷɪt̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈkwit.t͡si.um/, [eˈkwit̪ː͡s̪ium]

Noun

equitium n (genitive equitiī or equitī); second declension

1. A herd or stable of horses kept for breeding; a stud farm

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	equitium	equitia
Genitive	equitiī equitī1	equitiōrum
Dative	equitiō	equitiīs
Accusative	equitium	equitia
Ablative	equitiō	equitiīs
Vocative	equitium	equitia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “equitium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• equitium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• equitium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.