equinus Latin · revision 9539

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Lucilius|origins=ine-pro *h₁éḱwos}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɛˈkʷiː.nʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [eˈkʷiː.nus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''equīnus''' (feminine equīna, neuter equīnum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[equus]] “horse” with the suffix [[-īnus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) The Thesaurus compares Old Prussian ⟨aswinan⟩ “mare's milk”.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Lucilius, whom he dates c. 180–102 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of a horse or horses, as in Varro's ''pecus equīnum'' and ''lac equīnum'' “mare's milk”, and in Cicero; the neuter as a noun was apparently a stud of horses, and an inscription has the masculine for a stallion.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for equine, of a horse.^(DMLBS) [[en|equine]] is recorded in 1765.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1765 – English ''equine'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of a horse, [[m|en|equine]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A stud of horses; a [[m|en|stallion]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[equus]]

+ * [[equa]]

+ * [[en|equine]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}