equa

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.kwa/
• Rhymes: -ɛkwa
• Hyphenation: è‧qua

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

equa

1. feminine singular of equo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

equa

1. inflection of equare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *HéHḱus

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos

Proto-Italic *ekwos

Latin equus

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -a

Latin equa

From equus (“horse”) +‎ -a (feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɛ.kʷa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.kʷa]

Noun

equa f (genitive equae, masculine equus); first declension

1. mare (female horse)

Declension

First-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -īs or dative/ablative plural in -ābus).

	singular	plural
nominative	equa	equae
genitive	equae	equārum
dative	equae	equīs equābus
accusative	equam	equās
ablative	equā	equīs equābus
vocative	equa	equae

Related terms

• equārius
• eques
• equester
• equiferus
• equīle
• equimulga
• equīnus
• equiō
• equīria
• equis virisque
• equīso
• equitārius
• equitātiō
• equitātus
• equitium
• equitō
• equula
• equuleus
• equulus
• equus
• Equus Troianus

Descendants

• Aragonese: yegua, yeugua
• Aromanian: eapã, iapã
• Asturian: yegua, egua
• Catalan: egua, euga
• Franco-Provençal: égva
• Istro-Romanian: iopĕ
• Megleno-Romanian: iapă
• Occitan: èga
• Old French: ewe, ive, iewe
• Old Galician-Portuguese: egua, egoa
  • Fala: egua, yegua (Mañegu, Valverdeñu)
  • Galician: egua, egoa
  • Portuguese: égua, egua (pre-standardization spelling), egoa (obsolete)
• Old Spanish: yegua
  • Ladino: yegua
  • Spanish: yegua
• Romanian: iapă
• Romansch: iefna
• Sardinian: ebba, ègua (Campidanese)
  • → Catalan: eba

References

• “equa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “equa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “equa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.