equiferus

equiferus

Latin

Etymology

equus (“horse”) +‎ ferus (“wild”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eˈkʷi.fe.rus/, [ɛˈkʷɪfɛrʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈkwi.fe.rus/, [ɛˈkwiːfɛrus]

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.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	equiferus	equiferī
Genitive	equiferī	equiferōrum
Dative	equiferō	equiferīs
Accusative	equiferum	equiferōs
Ablative	equiferō	equiferīs
Vocative	equifere	equiferī

Descendants

• Vulgar Latin: *eciferus
  • Old Portuguese: *ezevro, ezebro, zevro

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