caballus
Meaning
- masculinepack-horse, jade, hack
- masculinenag
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Equus · Caballus · Mannus · Canterius
Equus (from the antiquated word, ehu) denotes a horse, as a general expression, a term in natural history; caballus (from καφάζω), a horse for ordinary services; mannus, a smaller kind of horse, like palfrey, for luxury; canterius, a castrated horse, a gelding. Sen. Ep. 85. Cato censorius canterio vehebatur et hippoperis quidem impositis. Oh quantum decus sæculi! Catonem uno caballo esse contentum, et ne toto quidem! Ita non omnibus obesis mannis et asturconibus et tolutariis præferres unum illum equum ab ipso Catone defrictum. (iv. 287.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | caballus | caballī |
| genitive | caballī | caballōrum |
| dative | caballō | caballīs |
| accusative | caballum | caballōs |
| ablative | caballō | caballīs |
| vocative | caballe | caballī |
Varr. ib.: mediā de nocte caballum Arripit, his nag, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 88; so id. S. 1, 6, 59; 1, 6, 103; id. Ep. 1, 18, 36; Juv. 10, 60; 11, 195; Sen. Ep. 87, 8; Petr. 117, 12; Dig. 33, 7, 15: Gorgoneus, jestingly for Pegasus, Juv. 3, 118.—qui Galbam salibus tuis, et ipsum Possis vincere Sextium Caballum. Non cuicumque datum est habere nasum. Ludit qui stolidā procacitate, non est Sextius ille, sed caballus, Mart. 1, 42 fin.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Origins
Uncertain; from Vulgar Latin, often cited as borrowed from Gaulish *kaballos, from Proto-Celtic *kaballos, perhaps ultimately an Asiatic borrowing or Wanderwort, compare Ancient Greek καβάλλης (kabállēs, “nag”), Proto-Slavic *kobýla (“mare”), Persian کول (kaval, “second class horse of mixed blood”), and possibly Karakhanid [Term?] (kevel (at), “well-bred fast (horse)”). Alternatively, borrowed alongside Greek from Proto-Iranian *kabah, *kabalah, compare Khotanese [script needed] (kabä, “horse”), Persian کول (kaval), and possibly cognate with Latin cabō (“gelding”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kebʰ- (“worn-out horse, nag”).
- Sardiniancabaddu
- Sardiniancavaddu
- Sardiniancovaddu
- Sardiniancaaddu
- Sardiniancaddu
- Sardiniancuaddu
- Catalancavall
- Occitancaval
- Gasconcavalh
- Gasconcavath
- Portuguesecavalofrom Old Galician-Portuguese cavalo
- Spanishcaballofrom Old Spanish cavallo
- Aragonesecavallo
- Aragonesecavall
- Extremadurancavallu
- Asturiancaballu
- Leonesecaballu
- Leonesecabalu
- Mirandesecabalho
- Falacabalufrom Old Galician-Portuguese cavalo
- Romaniancal
- Aromaniancal
- Istro-Romaniankå
- Megleno-Romaniancal
- Italiancavallo
- Galluresecabaddufrom Corsican cavaddu
- Galluresecaddufrom Corsican cavaddu
- Dalmatiancaval
- Dalmatiancavul
- Alemannic GermanKawallfrom Italian cavallo
- Greekκαβάλοςfrom Italian cavallo
- Siciliancavaḍḍu
- Emiliancavàl
- Emiliancavâl
- Liguriancavallo
- Lombardcàalfrom Old Lombard cavel
- Piedmontesecavalfrom Old Piedmontese cavèu
- Romagnolcavàl
- Romagnolcaval
- Friuliancjaval
- Friuliančhaval
- Istriotcaval
- Franco-Provençalchevâl
- Old Frenchcheval
- Albaniankalëfrom Proto-Albanian *kəβal
In English words that came into English from caballus
- cavaliercaballārius
- chivalrycaballarius
- cavalcadecaballicō
- chevaliercaballārius
- caballinecaballīnus