equus

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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.

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ĕquus⁶ (ĕcus), ī, m.,
1 cheval : equo optime uti Cic. Dej. 28, être excellent cavalier ; v. ascendere, conscendere, descendere, desilire : duo juvenes cum equis albis Cic. Nat. 2, 6, deux jeunes gens montés sur des chevaux blancs ; ex equis pugnare visi sunt Cic. Nat. 2, 6, on les vit combattre à cheval ; quid legati in equis ? Cic. Pis. 60, que signifient ces lieutenants à cheval ?
2 cheval [= cavalerie] : equo merere Cic. Phil. 1, 20, servir dans la cavalerie : ad equum rescribere Cæs. G. 1, 42, 6, faire passer dans la cavalerie ; equis virisque Liv. 5, 37, 5, en faisant donner la cavalerie et l’infanterie ; [fig.] equis viris Cic. Phil. 8, 21, par tous les moyens
3 cheval des chevaliers : equus publicus, privatus Liv. 27, 11, 14, cheval fourni par l’État, fourni par le particulier, v. traducere, adimere
4 emplois divers : a) les chevaux = les courses de char : Virg. En. 9, 777 ; in equis ire Ov. Ars 1, 214, aller dans un char ; b) machine de guerre : Plin. 7, 202 ; c) le cheval de Troie : Virg. En. 2, 112 ; d) Pégase [constellation] : Cic. Nat. 2, 111 ; Col. Rust. 11, 2, 31 ; e) equus bipes Virg. G. 4, 389 ; cheval marin ; equus fluviatilis Plin. 8, 30, hippopotame ; equus ligneus Pl. Rud. 268, navire.