proper noun · femininefirst declension
Ēsquiliae
Ēsquiliae f pl (genitive Ēsquiliārum)
Classical[eːsˈkʷɪ.li.ae̯]Ecclesiastical[esˈkʷiː.li.e]
Meaning
- a district in Rome situated on the Esquiline Hill, one of the seven hills of Rome
- the Esquiline Hill
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | Ēsquiliae |
| genitive | — | Ēsquiliārum |
| dative | — | Ēsquiliīs |
| accusative | — | Ēsquiliās |
| ablative | — | Ēsquiliīs |
| vocative | — | Ēsquiliae |
| locative | — | Ēsquiliīs |
Esquĭlĭae (less correctly, Exqui-liae, Aesquiliae), ārum, f. perh. from aesculus, a kind of oak,
I. the largest of the seven hills of Rome, with several separate heights (whence the plur. form); added to the city by Servius Tullius; now the heights of Santa Maria Maggiore, Varr. L. L. 5, § 49 Müll.; Liv. 1, 44; Ov. F. 3, 246; 6, 601; Prop. 3 (4), 23, 24; Hor. S. 1, 8, 14; Tac. A. 15, 40; Suet. Tib. 15; Juv. 11, 51 et saep. In earlier times low people were buried there;
hence: atrae, Hor. S. 2, 6, 33.—II. Derivv.,
A. Esquĭlĭus (Exq-), a, um, adj., Esquiline:
mons, i. q. Esquiliae, Ov. F. 2, 435.—B. Esquĭlīnus (Exq-), a, um, adj., the same:
tribus, Varr. L. L. 5, § 45 Müll.; Liv. 45, 15; Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 13 al.: porta, Tac. A. 2, 32 fin.; also simply, Esquilina, ae, f., Cic. Pis. 23 fin.: campus, Suet. Claud. 25: alites, i. e. birds of prey (which devoured the bodies of criminals executed on the Esquiline), Hor. Epod. 5, 100; cf. veneficium (for which human bones, etc., were brought from the Esquiline), id. ib. 17, 58.—* C. Esquĭlĭārĭus (Exq-), a, um, adj., Esquiline:
collis, Liv. 1, 48, 6.Origins
Perhaps either: * related to inquilīnus (see also Esquilīnus), from *eks + *kʷe/ilō (Latin colō) + *-jā, with cluster simplification /eksk/ → /esk/ as seen in escendō; according to the legend the district was later added to Rome by the king Servius Tullius (Liv.I.44) to cope with the evergrowing flow of new Roman subjects; it would then mean: "the district of sojourners (or dwellers), once foreigners, living outside the city (pre-Servian Wall)". Or, * from aesculus (“a kind of oak”), compare Viminālis mōns (literally “willow, osier hill”).