equuleus
See also: Equuleus
English
Etymology
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Learned borrowing from Latin equuleus.
Noun
equuleus (plural equulei)
- (historical) An ancient torture device, possibly resembling a wooden horse, or possibly a rack.
Latin
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Etymology
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From equus (“horse”) + -uleus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛˈkʊ.ɫe.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈkʷuː.le.us]
Noun
equuleus m (genitive equuleī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | equuleus | equuleī |
| genitive | equuleī | equuleōrum |
| dative | equuleō | equuleīs |
| accusative | equuleum | equuleōs |
| ablative | equuleō | equuleīs |
| vocative | equulee | equuleī |
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References
- “equuleus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “equuleus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "equuleus", 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)
- “equuleus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “equuleus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “equuleus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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