equiria

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From equus (“horse”), possibly combined with the root of currō "to run".

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /eˈkʷiː.ri.a/, or IPA^(key): /eˈkʷi.ri.a/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈkwi.ri.a/,
The length of the i in the second syllable is uncertain: Gaffiot marks it short and Lewis and Short marks it long.

Noun

equī̆ria n pl (genitive equī̆rium or equī̆riōrum); third declension

(plural only) The two annual horse races held in honour of Mars

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	equī̆ria
Genitive	equī̆rium equī̆riōrum
Dative	equī̆ribus equī̆riīs
Accusative	equī̆ria
Ablative	equī̆ribus equī̆riīs
Vocative	equī̆ria

Declines as a neuter plural noun of either the third or second declension (compare variation in the declension of other festival names in -ia such as Sāturnālia or Lupercālia)

References

“equiria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
equiria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “currō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 158

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