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Latin
Etymology
From aequor (“even surface of the sea; sea”), from aequus (“even, flat”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
aequoreus (feminine aequorea, neuter aequoreum); first/second-declension adjective
- (relational) Of or pertaining to the sea.
8 CE – 12 CE,
Ovid,
Sorrows 1.89–90:
- dum petit īnfirmīs nimium sublīmia pennīs
Īcarus aequoreās nōmine fēcit aquās.- While seeking – on fragile wings! – overly lofty , Icarus conferred sea waters with his name.
(See: Icarus; Icarian Sea.)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “aequoreus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aequoreus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aequoreus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.