equiria
Latin
Alternative forms
- equirria, Equirria
- ecurria, Ecurria
- Equiria
Etymology
From equus (“horse”), possibly combined with the root of currō "to run".[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛˈkʷiː.ri.a], [ɛˈkʷɪ.ri.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈkʷiː.ri.a]
- The length of the i in the second syllable is uncertain: Gaffiot marks it short and Lewis and Short marks it long.
Noun
equī̆ria n pl (genitive equī̆rium or equī̆riōrum); third declension
- (plural only) The two annual horse races held in honour of Mars
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem), plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | equī̆ria |
| genitive | equī̆rium equī̆riōrum |
| dative | equī̆ribus equī̆riīs |
| accusative | equī̆ria |
| ablative | equī̆ribus equī̆riīs |
| vocative | equī̆ria |
- Declines as a neuter plural noun of either the third or second declension (compare variation in the declension of other festival names in -ia such as Sāturnālia or Lupercālia)
References
- “equiria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- equiria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “currō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 158