equus

equus englanniksi

1. Equus

1. horse

2. (Q)

3. Vergil, Aeneis II, 48 and 110-113 and 150 (edited and translated by H. Rushton Fairclough, ''Virgil with an English translation I'', 1916)

saepe illos aspera ponti | interclusit hiems et terruit Auster euntis; | praecipue, cum iam hic trabibus contextus acernis | staret equus, toto sonuerunt aethere nimbi.

: Often a fierce tempest of the deep cut them off and the gale scared them from going. Above all, when yonder horse now stood framed of maple-beams, storm clouds sounded throughout the sky.

quo molem hanc immanis equi statuere?

: To what end have they set up this huge mass of a horse?

4. (topics) steed, charger

5. Vergil, Georgicon II, 541-542 (edited and translated by H. Rushton Fairclough, ''Virgil with an English translation I'', 1916)

Sed nos immensum spatiis confecimus aequor, | et iam tempus equum fumantia solvere colla.

: But in our course we have traversed a mighty plain, and now it is time to unyoke the necks of our smoking steeds.