aequorとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From aequus (“flat, horizontal”).

Sense development to “sea” may have been partly motivated by similarity to unrelated aqua.

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈae̯.kʷor/, [ˈäe̯kʷɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈe.kwor/, [ˈɛːkwor]

名詞

aequor n (genitive aequoris); third declension

1. even surface
2. even surface of the sea in its quiet state; the calm, smooth sea; the sea level
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.67–68:

     Gēns inimīca mihī Tyrrhēnum nāvigat aequor,
     Īlium in Ītaliam portāns vīctōsque Penātēs.

     A race inimical to me is sailing the calm Tyrrhenian Sea,
     bringing Ilium to Italy, along with [their] conquered household-gods.

3. the sea (even when agitated by storms)
4. the plain

語形変化

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

派生語

• aequoreus

動詞

aequor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of aequō

参照

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

アナグラム

• quaerō