aequoreus

Latin

Etymology

From aequor (“even surface of the sea; sea”), from aequus (“even, flat”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

aequoreus (feminine aequorea, neuter aequoreum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (relational) Of or pertaining to the sea.
    • 43 BCE – c. 17 CE, Ovid, Tristia 1.89-90:
      dum petit īnfirmīs nimium sublīmia pennīs
      Īcarus aequoreās nōmine fēcit aquās.
      While seeking – on fragile wings! – overly lofty [heights], Icarus conferred sea waters with his name.
      (See: Icarus; Icarian Sea.)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative aequoreus aequorea aequoreum aequoreī aequoreae aequorea
Genitive aequoreī aequoreae aequoreī aequoreōrum aequoreārum aequoreōrum
Dative aequoreō aequoreō aequoreīs
Accusative aequoreum aequoream aequoreum aequoreōs aequoreās aequorea
Ablative aequoreō aequoreā aequoreō aequoreīs
Vocative aequoree aequorea aequoreum aequoreī aequoreae aequorea

Descendants
  • →⇒ English: aequoreal
  • → Portuguese: equóreo
  • → Translingual: Aequorea

References
  • “aequoreus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “aequoreus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aequoreus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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