equa
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛ.kwa/
- Rhymes: -ɛkwa
- Hyphenation: è‧qua
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
equa
- feminine singular of equo
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
equa
- inflection of equare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Latin
Etymology
Etymology tree
From equus (“horse”) + -a (feminine suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɛ.kʷa]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.kʷa]
Noun
equa f (genitive equae, masculine equus); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -īs or dative/ablative plural in -ābus).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | equa | equae |
| genitive | equae | equārum |
| dative | equae | equīs equābus |
| accusative | equam | equās |
| ablative | equā | equīs equābus |
| vocative | equa | equae |
Related terms
Descendants
- Aragonese: yegua, yeugua
- Aromanian: eapã, iapã
- Asturian: yegua, egua
- Catalan: egua, euga
- Franco-Provençal: égva
- Istro-Romanian: iopĕ
- Megleno-Romanian: iapă
- Occitan: èga
- Old French: ewe, ive, iewe
- Old Galician-Portuguese: egua, egoa
- Old Spanish: yegua
- Romanian: iapă
- Romansch: iefna
- Sardinian: ebba, ègua (Campidanese)
- → Catalan: eba
References
- “equa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “equa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- equa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.