equile

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [ɛˈkʷiː.ɫɛ]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [eˈkʷiː.le]^[1]

Forms

equīle n (genitive equīlis); third declension^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin equus (“horse”) + -īle, formed like bovīle, caprīle and ovīle.^[2][1][3] De Vaan traces ⟨equus⟩ to Proto-Italic *ekwo- (“horse”), Proto-Indo-European *h₁eḱ-u- (“horse”), cognate with Venetic ⟨ekvon⟩ and Old Irish ech (“horse”).^[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

The OLD, Lewis & Short and Gaffiot cite Cato's Dē agrī cultūrā.^[2][3][5] Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^[6]

Semantic evolution

It meant a place for horses, a stable, as in Cato, Varro and Suetonius.^[2][3]

Timeline

• 234–149 BC – Cato uses it.^[3][6]
• 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^[3][6]
• c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it.^[3][6]

Meanings

Noun

1. A horse stable.^[2][3]

Related words

• equus
• ovīle
• bovīle
• caprīle

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c d e f g Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
4. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
5. ^ Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
6. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de