equus

Meaning

1. (declension-2, masculine) horse
2. (declension-2, masculine) steed, charger

Concepts

horse

🐴

steed

mount

level

nag

favorable

zebra

🦓

Synonyms

caballus

mannus

veredus

equa

burricus

Equus caballus

Translations

cheval

🐴

Pferd

🐴

cavalo

🐴

caballo

🐴

cavallo

🐴

paard

🐴

at

🐴

άλογο

cavall

🐴

حصان

🐴

beygir

🐴

ίππος

caval

hesp

🐴

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈɛ.kʊs]

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁eḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos
Proto-Italic *ekwos
Latin equus
Inherited from 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, and Gaulish epos.
Respelt with ⟨quu⟩ for the earlier ⟨quo⟩/⟨cu⟩ in post-Augustan times on the analogy of oblique cases.