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|lshtext=<b>ĕquus</b>: i (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. equūm, Verg. G. 2, 542; Stat. Th. 4, 409 al.), m. Sanscr. acvas; Gr. [[ἵππος]]> ([[ἴκκος]]>); cf. Epŏna; [[root]], ak-, to be [[sharp]] or [[swift]]; cf. Gr. [[ἄκρος]], [[ὠκύς]]>; Lat. [[acus]], [[ocior]], a [[horse]], [[steed]], [[charger]].<br /><b>I</b> Prop.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen. (cf.: [[caballus]], [[canterius]], mannus), Varr. R. R. 2, 7; Col. 6, 27 sq.; Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154 sq.; Pall. Mart. 13; Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 5, 14 (Ann. v. 441 ed. Vahlen); Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 39; id. Men. 5, 2, 109; Cic. Rep. 1, 43; 1, 7, 9 et saep.: [[equus]] = [[equa]], Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 11.—Offered as a [[sacrifice]] to [[Mars]], Paul. ex Fest. p. 81, 16, and p. 178, 24 sq. Müll.; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 1, 20; and v. [[October]]: EQVO PVBLICO ORNATVS, EXORNATVS, HONORATVS, etc.; or, ellipt., EQVO PVBLICO, [[very]] [[often]] in inscriptions; v. Inscr. Momms. 73; 459; 445; 1952; 2456; 2865 al.—In [[another]] [[sense]]: equi publici, [[post]]-horses, Amm. 14, 6.—Equo vehi, advehi, [[ire]], desilire, equum conscendere, flectere, in equum ascendere, equo citato, concitato, etc., see under these verbs.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic.<br /> <b>1</b> Of [[cavalry]], in the [[phrase]], equis virisque (viri = pedites; cf. [[eques]] and vir), adverb., [[with]] [[horse]] and [[foot]], i. e. [[with]] [[might]] and [[main]], [[with]] [[tooth]] and [[nail]], Liv. 5, 37; Flor. 2, 7, 8; also: equis, viris, Cic. Phil. 8, 7, 21; id. Fam. 9, 7; cf. Nep. Hamilc. 4; and in the [[order]], viris equisque, Cic. Off. 3, 33.—<br /> <b>2</b> Transf., of [[race]]-horses: ego cursu corrigam tarditatem tum equis, tum [[vero]], [[quoniam]] scribis poëma ab eo [[nostrum]] probari, quadrigis poeticis, i. e. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]], Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, a (see the [[passage]] in [[connection]]).—<br /> <b>C</b> Transf.<br /> <b>1</b> In | |lshtext=<b>ĕquus</b>: i (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. equūm, Verg. G. 2, 542; Stat. Th. 4, 409 al.), m. Sanscr. acvas; Gr. [[ἵππος]]> ([[ἴκκος]]>); cf. Epŏna; [[root]], ak-, to be [[sharp]] or [[swift]]; cf. Gr. [[ἄκρος]], [[ὠκύς]]>; Lat. [[acus]], [[ocior]], a [[horse]], [[steed]], [[charger]].<br /><b>I</b> Prop.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen. (cf.: [[caballus]], [[canterius]], mannus), Varr. R. R. 2, 7; Col. 6, 27 sq.; Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154 sq.; Pall. Mart. 13; Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 5, 14 (Ann. v. 441 ed. Vahlen); Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 39; id. Men. 5, 2, 109; Cic. Rep. 1, 43; 1, 7, 9 et saep.: [[equus]] = [[equa]], Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 11.—Offered as a [[sacrifice]] to [[Mars]], Paul. ex Fest. p. 81, 16, and p. 178, 24 sq. Müll.; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 1, 20; and v. [[October]]: EQVO PVBLICO ORNATVS, EXORNATVS, HONORATVS, etc.; or, ellipt., EQVO PVBLICO, [[very]] [[often]] in inscriptions; v. Inscr. Momms. 73; 459; 445; 1952; 2456; 2865 al.—In [[another]] [[sense]]: equi publici, [[post]]-horses, Amm. 14, 6.—Equo vehi, advehi, [[ire]], desilire, equum conscendere, flectere, in equum ascendere, equo citato, concitato, etc., see under these verbs.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic.<br /> <b>1</b> Of [[cavalry]], in the [[phrase]], equis virisque (viri = pedites; cf. [[eques]] and vir), adverb., [[with]] [[horse]] and [[foot]], i. e. [[with]] [[might]] and [[main]], [[with]] [[tooth]] and [[nail]], Liv. 5, 37; Flor. 2, 7, 8; also: equis, viris, Cic. Phil. 8, 7, 21; id. Fam. 9, 7; cf. Nep. Hamilc. 4; and in the [[order]], viris equisque, Cic. Off. 3, 33.—<br /> <b>2</b> Transf., of [[race]]-horses: ego cursu corrigam tarditatem tum equis, tum [[vero]], [[quoniam]] scribis poëma ab eo [[nostrum]] probari, quadrigis poeticis, i. e. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]], Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, a (see the [[passage]] in [[connection]]).—<br /> <b>C</b> Transf.<br /> <b>1</b> In plur. ([[like]] ἵπποι in [[Homer]]), a [[chariot]], Verg. A. 9, 777.—<br /> <b>2</b> The [[wind]], Cat. 66, 54; Val. Fl. 1, 611.—<br /> <b>3</b> In mal. [[part]]., Hor. S. 2, 7, 50; Petr. 24, 4; App. M. 2, p. 122; Mart. 11, 104, 14.—<br /> <b>D</b> Prov.: equi donati dentes non inspiciuntur, we [[don]]'t [[look]] a [[gift]] [[horse]] in the [[mouth]], Hier. Ep. ad Ephes. prooem.—<br /><b>II</b> [[Meton]].<br /> <b>A</b> Equus [[bipes]], a [[sea]]-[[horse]], Verg. G. 4, 389; Auct. Pervig. Ven. 10: [[fluviatilis]], a [[river]]-[[horse]], [[hippopotamus]], Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 73.—<br /> <b>B</b> Equus [[ligneus]], [[like]] the Homeric ἁλὸς [[ἵππος]]>, a [[ship]], Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 10.—<br /> <b>C</b> The [[Trojan]] [[horse]], Verg. A. 2, 112 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 108; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 12; Prop. 3 (4), 1, 25; Hor. C. 4, 6, 13 al.— *<br /> <b>2</b> Trop., of a [[secret]] [[conspiracy]], Cic. Mur. 37, 78.—<br /> <b>D</b> A battering-[[ram]], [[because]] shaped [[like]] a [[horse]]; [[afterwards]] called [[aries]], Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 202.—<br /> <b>E</b> The [[constellation]] [[Pegasus]], Cic. N. D. 2, 43, 111 sq.; Col. 11, 2, 31; Hyg. Astr. 2, 18; 3, 17.—<br /> <b>F</b> Equus Trojanus, the [[title]] of a [[play]] of [[Livius]] [[Andronicus]], Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2 al. | ||
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ĕquus: i (
I gen. plur. equūm, Verg. G. 2, 542; Stat. Th. 4, 409 al.), m. Sanscr. acvas; Gr. ἵππος> (ἴκκος>); cf. Epŏna; root, ak-, to be sharp or swift; cf. Gr. ἄκρος, ὠκύς>; Lat. acus, ocior, a horse, steed, charger.
I Prop.
A In gen. (cf.: caballus, canterius, mannus), Varr. R. R. 2, 7; Col. 6, 27 sq.; Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154 sq.; Pall. Mart. 13; Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 5, 14 (Ann. v. 441 ed. Vahlen); Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 39; id. Men. 5, 2, 109; Cic. Rep. 1, 43; 1, 7, 9 et saep.: equus = equa, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 11.—Offered as a sacrifice to Mars, Paul. ex Fest. p. 81, 16, and p. 178, 24 sq. Müll.; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 1, 20; and v. October: EQVO PVBLICO ORNATVS, EXORNATVS, HONORATVS, etc.; or, ellipt., EQVO PVBLICO, very often in inscriptions; v. Inscr. Momms. 73; 459; 445; 1952; 2456; 2865 al.—In another sense: equi publici, post-horses, Amm. 14, 6.—Equo vehi, advehi, ire, desilire, equum conscendere, flectere, in equum ascendere, equo citato, concitato, etc., see under these verbs.—
B In partic.
1 Of cavalry, in the phrase, equis virisque (viri = pedites; cf. eques and vir), adverb., with horse and foot, i. e. with might and main, with tooth and nail, Liv. 5, 37; Flor. 2, 7, 8; also: equis, viris, Cic. Phil. 8, 7, 21; id. Fam. 9, 7; cf. Nep. Hamilc. 4; and in the order, viris equisque, Cic. Off. 3, 33.—
2 Transf., of race-horses: ego cursu corrigam tarditatem tum equis, tum vero, quoniam scribis poëma ab eo nostrum probari, quadrigis poeticis, i. e. in prose and poetry, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, a (see the passage in connection).—
C Transf.
1 In plur. (like ἵπποι in Homer), a chariot, Verg. A. 9, 777.—
2 The wind, Cat. 66, 54; Val. Fl. 1, 611.—
3 In mal. part., Hor. S. 2, 7, 50; Petr. 24, 4; App. M. 2, p. 122; Mart. 11, 104, 14.—
D Prov.: equi donati dentes non inspiciuntur, we don't look a gift horse in the mouth, Hier. Ep. ad Ephes. prooem.—
II Meton.
A Equus bipes, a sea-horse, Verg. G. 4, 389; Auct. Pervig. Ven. 10: fluviatilis, a river-horse, hippopotamus, Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 73.—
B Equus ligneus, like the Homeric ἁλὸς ἵππος>, a ship, Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 10.—
C The Trojan horse, Verg. A. 2, 112 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 108; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 12; Prop. 3 (4), 1, 25; Hor. C. 4, 6, 13 al.— *
2 Trop., of a secret conspiracy, Cic. Mur. 37, 78.—
D A battering-ram, because shaped like a horse; afterwards called aries, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 202.—
E The constellation Pegasus, Cic. N. D. 2, 43, 111 sq.; Col. 11, 2, 31; Hyg. Astr. 2, 18; 3, 17.—
F Equus Trojanus, the title of a play of Livius Andronicus, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2 al.
