equiferus

Latin

Etymology

    equus (“horse”) +‎ ferus (“wild”)

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    equiferus m (genitive equiferī); second declension

    1. wild horse
      • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 28.45.159:
        De equiferis non scripserunt Graeci, quoniam terrae illae non gignebant, verum tamen fortiora omnia eadem quam in equis intellegi debent.
        • Translation by W. H. S. Jones
          About wild horses the Greeks have not written, because Greek lands did not breed them, but it must be inferred that all remedies from them are more potent than from the tame animal.

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative equiferus equiferī
    genitive equiferī equiferōrum
    dative equiferō equiferīs
    accusative equiferum equiferōs
    ablative equiferō equiferīs
    vocative equifere equiferī

    Descendants

    • Vulgar Latin: *eciferus

    References

    • “equiferus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “equiferus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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