hetaerice

Latin

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek (ῐ̔́ππος) ἑταιρῐκή ((hĭ́ppos) hetairĭkḗ, “(horse) guards”), from ἑταῖρος (hetaîros, “comrade, companion”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ĭkós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

hetaericē f (genitive hetaericēs); first declension

  1. body of horse guards in the Macedonian army
    • c. 110 BCE – c. 25 BCE, Cornelius Nepos, On the Eminent Commanders XVIII. Eumenes 1.6:
      novissimo tempore praefuit etiam alterae equitum alae, quae hetaerice appellabatur.
      In the very recent time, he also commanded another cavalry wing called the hetaerice.

Inflection

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

singular plural
nominative hetaericē hetaericae
genitive hetaericēs hetaericārum
dative hetaericae hetaericīs
accusative hetaericēn hetaericās
ablative hetaericē hetaericīs
vocative hetaericē hetaericae
  • hetaeria

References

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