equiria

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ĕquīrĭa, ōrum, n. [equus],

the annual horse-races , held on the 27 th of February and the 14 th of March in the Campus Martius, in honor of Mars , Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll.; Ov. F. 2, 859; 3, 519; Paul. ex Fest. p. 81, 12, and 131, 13 Müll., s. v. MARTIALIS CAMPVS, p. 96.

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