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[441] A _double entendre_ -- with allusion to the posture in sexual intercourse known among the Greeks as [Greek: hippos], in Latin 'equus,' the horse, where the woman mounts the man in reversal of the ordinary position.

The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes

DORA: I remember I told him how that came from equus, the Latin word for horse.

EQUUS Peter Shaffer 1974

DORA: I remember I told him how that came from equus, the Latin word for horse.

EQUUS Peter Shaffer 1974

Michael too, is terminal, so to speak, and his speech also constitutes yet another Von Trier equus reference, given Gehrig's nickname, "The Iron Horse" – or more literally and ultimately perhaps symbolically: he is a damn Yankee with cancer; her

Michael Vazquez: 2011's Doomsday Cinema, Part I: Melancholia @ 49th NYFF plus Gainsbourg on Von Trier & Lars' NYFF 47 Press Conference (VIDEO) Michael Vazquez 2012

Donkeys, however -- equus asinus- where we get the word asinine -- are principally known for stubbornness, a demonstration of which is now in session.

Will Durst: Swamp Drainage Detritus Will Durst 2010

Donkeys, however -- equus asinus - where we get the word asinine -- are principally known for stubbornness, a demonstration of which is now in session.

Will Durst: Swamp Drainage Detritus 2010

Donkeys, however -- equus asinus - where we get the word asinine -- are principally known for stubbornness, a demonstration of which is now in session.

Will Durst: Swamp Drainage Detritus 2010

Donkeys, however -- equus asinus- where we get the word asinine -- are principally known for stubbornness, a demonstration of which is now in session.

Will Durst: Swamp Drainage Detritus Will Durst 2010

Not to beat this proverbial equus mortuus, but that's not necessarily so, Coop.

Lionel: The "Comedy" Of Mocking The Teabaggers 2009

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