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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₁éḱwos}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɛ.kʷa]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɛː.kʷa]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''equa''' ''f'' (genitive equae, masculine equus); first declension^(Wiktionary)
+ The dative and ablative plural is ordinarily ''equīs'', ''equābus'' is also found.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is the feminine of [[equus]] “horse”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨equus⟩ to [[itc-pro|*ekwo-]], from [[ine-pro|*h₁éḱwos|t=horse]].^(de Vaan 2008) The Thesaurus compares [[sa|अश्वा|tr=áśvā|t=mare]].^(TLL)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's earliest source is Plautus, whom he dates c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It was a mare, as in Varro, Cicero, Virgil and Horace.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ British Medieval Latin used it for a mare, a brood mare, and a wild mare.^(DMLBS)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A [[m|en|mare]].^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[equola]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[equus]]
+ * [[equīnus]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}