adjectivethird-declension three-termination adjective
equester1
equester (feminine equestris, neuter equestre)
Classical[ɛˈkʷɛs.tɛr]Ecclesiastical[eˈkʷɛs.ter]
Meaning
- three terminationof or pertaining to an equestrian
- three terminationof or pertaining to cavalry
- three terminationknightly, belonging to the mounted knights
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | equester | equestris | equestre |
| genitive | equestris | equestris | equestris |
| dative | equestrī | equestrī | equestrī |
| accusative | equestrem | equestrem | equestre |
| ablative | equestrī | equestrī | equestrī |
| vocative | equester | equestris | equestre |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | equestrēs | equestrēs | equestria |
| genitive | equestrium | equestrium | equestrium |
| dative | equestribus | equestribus | equestribus |
| accusative | equestrīs equestrēs | equestrīs equestrēs | equestria |
| ablative | equestribus | equestribus | equestribus |
| vocative | equestrēs | equestrēs | equestria |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- proelium equestre facere
- to give battle with a cavalry-division.
- proelio equestri contendere
- to give battle with a cavalry-division.
- equestri loco natus or ortus
- a knight by birth.
- ordo equester (splendidissimus)
- the equestrian order; the knights.
ĕquester, tris, tre (m. equestris, Liv. 27, 1, 11; Verg. A. 5, 667 al.; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 100, A. 1.; like acris, celebris, celeris, etc.), adj. eques,
I. belonging to a horseman, equestrian.
I. In gen. (very rare):
equestres statuae inauratae, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 61; id. Phil. 6, 5; 9, 6; Suet. Tit. 2: equi, riding - horses, Vulg. 3 Reg. 4, 26.—Far more freq., II. In partic.
A. Of or belonging to cavalry:
proelium, Caes. B. G. 1, 18 fin.; 1, 48, 4; 2, 8, 2 et saep. (cf.: equestris pugna, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 55): tumultus, Liv. 27, 1, 11: terror, id. 27, 42: procella, id. 10, 5: copiae (opp. pedestres), Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112: arma, Liv. 35, 23; cf. scuta, id. 43, 6: militia, Suet. Claud. 25 et saep. So as an epithet of Fortuna, Liv. 40, 40.— B. Belonging to the order of knights, equestrian:
ordo, Cic. Planc. 35, 87; Suet. Aug. 100 et saep.; cf.: equestri loco natus, ortus, etc., Cic. Rep. 1, 6; id. Agr. 1, 9 fin.: equestri genere natus, Vell. 2, 88: census, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; Liv. 5, 7; Suet. Caes. 33; Hor. A. P. 383: anulus (i. e. aureus, a privilege of the equestrian order), Hor. S. 2, 7, 53; cf. Plin. 33, 1, 8, § 32: statuae, id. 34, 5, 10, § 19 sq.: dignitas, Nep. Att. 1; Suet. Claud. 24: familia, id. Caes. 1 et saep. —2. Subst.
b. equestria, ium, n. (sc. loca), the seats of the knights in the theatre, Petr. 126, 10; Sen. Ben. 7, 12; Suet. Calig. 26.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
equester (-tris, L.) tris, tre, adj.
eques, of a horseman, equestrian : statuae. — Of cavalry : proelium, Cs.: tumultus, L.: copiae. — Of the knights of the equestrian order, equestrian, knightly : ordo: locus: ius: familia: nomen: census equestrem summam nummorum. anulus, H.: dignitas, N.: nobilitas, rank , Ta.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*HéHḱus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éḱwos
- Proto-Italic*ekwos
- Latinequester
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-h₁its Proto-Italic *-its Latin -es Latin eques Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -tris Latin equester From eques ("horseman, rider" stem-form equit-) + -ter, alternative form of -tris.
Descendants
- Catalaneqüestre
- Frenchéquestre
- Italianequestre
- Spanishecuestre
- Englishequestrian
- Sicilianaquestri
In English words that came into English from equester
- equestrianequester