Alternative spellings

• equos (till the middle of the first century B.C.)
• ecus (the regular development, later remodeled to equus on the analogy of the stem equ- as remained, e.g., in the genitive equi.)

Etymology

Noun

1. A horse
   • from the Aeneid (II, 49) by Virgil

     Equo ne credite, Teucri! Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.

     Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Danaans even if they are bearing gifts.

2. A steed, charger

Related terms

• equa
• equārius
• eques
• equester
• equiferus
• equīle
• equimulga

• equīnus
• equiō
• equīria
• equis virisque
• equīso
• equitārius
• equitātiō

• equitātus
• equitium
• equitō
• equula
• equuleus
• equulus
• Equus Troianus