Equúleus, lei, pen. cor. Diminut Cic.Liu.An horse colte. Equuleus.Cic.An instrument made of burning plates lyke to an horse, in which men were tormented. vt, Non si ad tortoris equuleum cogatur. Cic.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
ĕquŭlĕus or ĕcŭlĕus, i, m.dim. [equus], a young horse, a colt, foal.I.Lit., Varr., Pompon., and Cic. ap. Non. 105, 11 sq.; Liv. 31, 12.—II.Transf.A. Eculeos argenteos nobilis aufert, horses wrought in silver, works of art, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, 42; cf. the sarcastic pun: jactabit se et in his equitabit equuleis,
Emi
,
pecuniam solvi
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on these hobbies
, id. ib. 43.—B. As an instrument of torture, a wooden rack in the shape of a horse, Cic. Mil. 21 fin.; id. Poët. Tusc. 3, 28, 67; Curt. 6, 10, 10; Sen. Ep. 67; Amm. 14, 5; Prud. stef. 10, 109 al.