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Equus femina or equester femina? Salve! I'm trying to find the most accurate translation for "horsewoman" in Latin. Is "equus femina" correct? Or is it better to use the adjective equester? Megan

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Equus femina or equester femina? Salve! I'm trying to find the most accurate translation for "horsewoman" in Latin. Is "equus femina" correct? Or is it better to use the adjective equester? Megan
As far as I know, Latin doesn’t form compound nouns that way, like English does. For that reason, yes, I think the best translation is to use the nominative feminine singular (“equestris”) as a substantive adjective.

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