Whoever coined this monstrosity must have had in mind "hippopotamus," which means "river horse" in Greek (not Latin).
Caballus is Latin for a nag, a pack-horse. In the Roman army slang that became the various Romance languages, it stood for a horse, generally. Like the Greek cognate καβαλλης, it has obscure origin.
The Latin root ac- means 'sharp'. A Latin derivative is the infinitive 'acuere', which means 'to sharpen'. Its past participle is 'acutus', which means 'sharp'. An English derivative is adjective is 'acute'.The root 'acu-'.
Scribo, which literally means "write" in latin
Around in Latin can be undique, circum or circa.
The combination of a Latin prefix and of a Latin root means 'to move back'. The prefix re- means 'back'. The root ced-, from which the infinitive 'cedere' is derived, means 'to go'.
hippo (short for hippopotamus) means ιπποπόταμος; the word is greek to begin with! ANSWER: Hippopotamus means "river horse," from the Greek words for horse (ippos) and river (potami). So "hippo" means "horse."
hippopotamus hippo= horse pot= river/ water
phobia means 'the fear of' hippo means 'horse' pedalio mean 'walking on foot'
the scientific name for a horse horse^^^^^^horseisle answer it basicaly means horse in latin
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia means the fear of big words, so he would be a hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobe.
It's hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, which means the fear of long words...go figure!
The Latin word for rider is "eques." This word is related to the old Latin word "equus," which means, "horse."
The two living species of hippo are the Nile Hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius) and the Pygmy Hippo (Hexaprotodon liberiensis).
το άλογο means " the horse " in MODERN Greek the word hippopatomus is from the ancient word for horse which is "ippos" plus the word for river which is "potamos" - don't know why the English insist on putting a consonent such as H in front of every Greek name and word that starts with a vowel but it is IPPOS not HIPPO......... That is why they sometimes call the hippo the horse of the river.
The word hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia. This word means fear of long words though.
Hippo means horse in Greek and campus means monster in Greek. Ingens means huge in Latin. These seahorses are the largest species of seahorse and since they resemble horses to a degree but also look a little odd, that would explain the "horse monster" aspect of the name.
"Equus means horse in latin. "Equus caballus" is the horses' scientific name.