The corpus record — Latin

equuleus

equuleus · m

a young horse

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Where it lives

Pro Rege Deiotaro 1 · 2.56/10k
De Scorpiace 1 · 1.26/10k
De Clementia 1 · 1.2/10k
Pro T. Annio Milone 1 · 0.95/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32 - 32 1 · 0.94/10k
Excerpta Controversiae 2 · 0.93/10k
De Ira 2 · 0.9/10k
Tusculanae Disputationes 5 · 0.88/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32 - 31 1 · 0.79/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 6 · 0.75/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 30 1 · 0.74/10k
Controversiae 4 · 0.61/10k

Densest 12 of 27 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ĕquŭlĕus — Lewis & Short

ĕquŭlĕus or ĕcŭlĕus, i, m.dim.equus,

I a young horse, a colt, foal.

I Lit., Varr., Pompon., and Cic. ap. Non. 105, 11 sq.; Liv. 31, 12.—

II Transf.

A Eculeos argenteos nobilis aufert, horses wrought in silver, works of art, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 42; cf. the sarcastic pun: jactabit se et in his equitabit equuleis, Emi, pecuniam solvi, on these hobbies, id. ib. § 43.—

B As an instrument of torture, a wooden rack in the shape of a horse, Cic. Mil. 21 fin.; id. Poët. Tusc. 3, 28, 67; Curt. 6, 10, 10; Sen. Ep. 67; Amm. 14, 5; Prud. stef. 10, 109 al.

In the wild

eculei Seneca, De Ira 3.3.6
eculeo Cicero, de Natura Deorum 2.38
eculeos Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 8.44
eculeis Seneca the Elder, Controversiae 10.5.9
eculeum Cicero, Philippicae 11.7
eculei Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.28.p36

6 of 62 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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