LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

equa

equa f (genitive equae, masculine equus)
Classical[ˈɛ.kʷa]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛː.kʷa]

Meaning

  1. femininemare (female horse)

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

fēmina equī
equa -ae (f) — in Aeneis, ch. 22

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeequaequae
genitiveequaeequārum
dativeequaeequīs
equābus
accusativeequamequās
ablativeequāequīs
equābus
vocativeequaequae

ĕqua, ae, f. equus,
I. a mare, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 4; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10; Verg. G. 1, 59; 3, 266; Hor. C. 2, 16, 35 et saep.—Dat. and abl. plur. equis, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 19; Col. 6, 37, 8; Plin. 11, 41, 96, § 237; 8, 42, 64, § 156; Dig. 50, 13, 2; also, equabus, Pall. Mart. 13, 1 and 5; Serv. Verg. G. 3, 268; Cod. Just. 11, 75, 1.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*HéHḱus
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éḱwos
  3. Proto-Italic*ekwos
  4. Latinequa

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin equa From equus (“horse”) + -a (feminine suffix).

Descendants
  • Catalanegua
  • Catalaneuga
  • Occitanèga
  • Portugueseéguafrom Old Galician-Portuguese egua
  • Portugueseeguafrom Old Galician-Portuguese egua
  • Portugueseegoafrom Old Galician-Portuguese egua
  • Spanishyeguafrom Old Spanish yegua
  • Romanianiapă
  • Sardinianebba
  • Catalanebafrom Sardinian ebba

Quick answers

What does equa mean in Latin?
equa, a noun, means “mare (female horse)”.
What is the genitive of equa?
The genitive singular is equae. equa is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce equa?
In classical Latin, [ˈɛ.kʷa]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɛː.kʷa].
Where does equa come from?
Proto-Indo-European *HéHḱus → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos → Proto-Italic *ekwos → Latin equa.