eques

English

Etymology

From Latin eques (“horseman, knight; equestrian”).

Noun

eques (plural equites)

1. (historical, Ancient Rome) A member of the equestrian order (Latin: ordo equester), the lower of the two aristocratic classes of Ancient Rome, ranking below the patricians.

Anagrams

• -esque, squee

Latin

Etymology

From equus (“horse”) +‎ -es (“-faring”). Compare pedes, mīles for similar formations.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈe.kʷes/, [ˈɛkʷɛs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.kwes/, [ˈɛːkwes]

Noun

eques m (genitive equitis); third declension

eques.

1. horseman, cavalryman, rider
2. knight
3. equite, eques, equestrian (class)
4. (Late Latin, chess) knight
5. (in the plural) Equestrian order

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	eques	equitēs
genitive	equitis	equitum
dative	equitī	equitibus
accusative	equitem	equitēs
ablative	equite	equitibus
vocative	eques	equitēs

Derived terms

• equitulus (diminutive, New Latin, rare)
• equitō

References

• “eques”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “eques”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• eques in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• eques in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a dictator appoints a magister equitum: dictator dicit (legit) magistrum equitum
    
  • to place the cavalry on the wings: equites ad latera disponere (B. G. 6. 8)
    
  • to repel the attack of the enemy's cavalry: summovere or reicere hostium equites
    
• Dizionario Latino, Olivetti