equus

equus uit.-lat. Pferd

For Proto-Italic *ekwos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”), cognate with Ancient Greek ἵππος (híppos), Sanskrit अश्व (áśva), Persian اسب (asb), Old Armenian էշ (ēš, “donkey”), Tocharian B yakwe, Gaulish epos. Respelt with QVV for the earlier QVO/CVin post-Augustan times on the analogy of oblique cases.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈe.kʷus/, [ˈɛkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.kwus/, [ˈɛːkwus]

Noun

equus m (genitive equī, feminine equa); second declension

1. horse [ quotations ▼]
2. steed, charger [ quotations ▼]

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	equus	equī
Genitive	equī	equōrum
Dative	equō	equīs
Accusative	equum	equōs
Ablative	equō	equīs
Vocative	eque	equī