equinus

English

Noun

equinus (uncountable)

1. (medicine) Synonym of talipes equinus.
   • 2005, Thomas J. Chang, The Foot and Ankle, page 239:

     There are several types of equinus described, which include soft tissue versus osseous equinus and also spastic versus nonspastic.

Anagrams

• uniques

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *HéHḱus

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos

Proto-Italic *ekwos

Latin equus

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin equīnus

From equus + -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛˈkʷiː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eˈkʷiː.nus]

Adjective

equīnus (feminine equīna, neuter equīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) horse; equine

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	equīnus	equīna	equīnum		equīnī	equīnae	equīna
genitive	equīnī	equīnae	equīnī		equīnōrum	equīnārum	equīnōrum
dative	equīnō	equīnae	equīnō		equīnīs
accusative	equīnum	equīnam	equīnum		equīnōs	equīnās	equīna
ablative	equīnō	equīnā	equīnō		equīnīs
vocative	equīne	equīna	equīnum		equīnī	equīnae	equīna

Descendants

• → Catalan: equí
• → English: equine
• → French: équin
• → Italian: equino
• → Portuguese: equino
• → Sicilian: aquinu
• → Spanish: equino

References

• “equinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “equinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "equinus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “equinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.