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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• horse:
    1. I. The animal:
      1. 1. ĕquus, f. ĕqua: h.s suitable for military purposes, for draught, for covering, e. ad rem militarem idonei, ad vecturam, ad admissuram, Varr. R. R. 2, 7: breed of h.s, (equorum) stirps, Varr. l. c.: Caes.: Cic.: Virg.
      2. 2. căballus (a castrated h.; equus being usu. an entire h.): a market-gardener's h., olitoris c., Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 36: Lucil.
      3. 3. cantĕrius (= caballus): (riding) on white h.s, albis c., Cic. N. D. 3, 5, 11: v. gelding. (N.B.--The terms caballus, canterius, are not used in elevated prose nor in verse.)
      4. 4. vĕrēdus (a light posting-h.): Cod. Just. 12, 51, 4: also used for hunting, Mart. 12, 14, 1.
      5. 5. mannus (a small kind of Gallic h.; used for draught by the wealthy): he sweeps the Appian road with his h.s, Appiam mannis terit, Hor. Epod. 4, 14: Lucr.: Prop. Phr.: belonging to h.s, equīnus: h. cattle (horses, collect.), equinum pecus, Varr. R. R. 2, 7: a h.'s tail, equina cauda, Hor.: also, caballīnus (less freq.): h.-flesh, caro caballina, Plin. 28, 20, 81: Pers.: a stud of h.s, equaria, Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. fin. Prov.: one must not look a gift h. in the mouth, equi donati dentes non inspiciuntur, Hier. (in Forcell.): to spur the willing h., addere calcaria currenti, Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 1.
    2. II. Cavalry: ĕques, ĭtis; ĕquĭtātus, ūs; ĕquestres cōpiae: v. cavalry.
    3. III. An instrument supported on legs: perh. ăsellus: cf. Pall. 1, 18. (Equuleus denotes a h.-shaped instrument of torture: v. rack.)
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• HORSE
equus (general term, and the usual word in the more elevated prose style): caballus (for ordinary services; a hack): mannus (a Gallic horse or pony, kept for luxury; a palfrey, short, well-set, and fast-going): veredus (light horse, hunter or courier’s horse, not used for drawing): canterius (a gelding). A wild horse, equus ferus, equiferus (in a state of nature): a spirited horse, equus ferocitate exsultans. A horse rears, [Vid: REAR]: the horse reared and threw his rider, equus prioribus pedibus erectis excussit equitem (Liv., 8, 7): to fall over one’s horse’s neck, trans cervicem equi elabi (Liv., ib.): to wheel one’s horse round, circumagere equum (ib.): to teach a horse to amble, equorum cursum minutis passibus frangere (Quint., 9, 4, 13): to rub down a horse, equum manibus confricare or perfricare (both Veg.): to bring a horse into good condition again, equum ad corporis firmitatem revocare (Veg.): a horse gets too fat, equus ultra modum sagina provenit (Vegetious): to mount a horse, in equum ascendere: to alight from one’s horse, ex equo descendere (Prov.). One must not look a gift horse in the mouth, equi donati dentes non inspiciuntur (Hier., Ep., ad Ephes. prooem.). Saddle-horse, sellare jumentum.