equitium
Latin
Alternative forms
- equicium
Etymology
From equus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eˈkʷi.ti.um/, [ɛˈkʷɪt̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈkwit.t͡si.um/, [eˈkwit̪ː͡s̪ium]
Noun
equitium n (genitive equitiī or equitī); second declension
- A herd or stable of horses kept for breeding; a stud farm
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | equitium | equitia |
| Genitive | equitiī equitī1 | equitiōrum |
| Dative | equitiō | equitiīs |
| Accusative | equitium | equitia |
| Ablative | equitiō | equitiīs |
| Vocative | equitium | equitia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “equitium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- equitium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- equitium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette