Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Equile

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

EQUI'LE (ἱππόστασις). A stable for horses. (Varro, R. R. ii. 7. 15. Suet. Cal. 55.) The engraving (Equile/1.1) represents an ancient stable on the bay of Centorbi in Sicily, probably the only genuine specimen of such buildings now remaining. It is constructed of masonry, and vaulted at the top: is not divided into stalls, each animal being separated from his neighbour by a swinging bar, if necessary. The manger, which recedes gradually inwards from the top, is also of masonry, and divided into a number of cribs (φατνώματα), a separate one for each horse, and not formed in one long line, common to all. The rope of the head stall passed through a small aperture in front of each crib, and was fastened by a block on the opposite side of the wall, which will be readily understood from the drawing and the horse introduced for that purpose.

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  Equile/1.1