equiria

Latin

Alternative forms

• equirria, Equirria
• ecurria, Ecurria
• Equiria

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eˈkʷiː.ri.a/, [ɛˈkʷiːriä] or IPA^(key): /eˈkʷi.ri.a/, [ɛˈkʷɪriä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈkwi.ri.a/, [eˈkwiːriä]
• 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

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

Declension

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

	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.