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ephippium

ephippium · n

a horse-cloth

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Where it lives

Epistulae 1 · 1.01/10k
Alexander Severus 1 · 0.94/10k
de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 1 · 0.2/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k
De bello Gallico 1 · 0.19/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

ĕphippĭum — Lewis & Short

ĕphippĭum, ii, n., = e)fi/ppion,

I a horse-cloth, caparison, housing (cf. clitellae): tegimen equi ad mollem vecturam paratum, Non. p. 108, 30 (pure Lat. stragulum); Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 15; id. ap. Non. l. l.; Caes. B. G. 4, 2, 4; Cic. Fin. 3, 4, 15; Gell. 5, 5, 3 al.—Prov.: optat ephippia bos piger, optat arare caballus, i. e. each envies the other's condition, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 43.

In the wild

ephippiis Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 5.5.3
ephippia Horace, Epistulae 1.14.43
ephippiis Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 3.15.p2
ephippiis Historia Augusta, Alexander Severus 50
ephippiis Apuleius, Metamorphoses 10.18
ephippiis Julius Caesar, De bello Gallico 4.2.4

Where it came from

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