equulus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *HéHḱus

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos

Proto-Italic *ekwos

Latin equus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin equulus

From equus + -ulus (diminutive).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɛ.kʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.kʷu.lus]

Noun

equulus m (genitive equulī); second declension

1. foal (young horse)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	equulus	equulī
genitive	equulī	equulōrum
dative	equulō	equulīs
accusative	equulum	equulōs
ablative	equulō	equulīs
vocative	equule	equulī

References

• “equulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “equulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.