What does equitulus mean in Latin?

equitulus, a noun, means “a young knight”.

What is the genitive of equitulus?

The genitive singular is equitulī. equitulus is masculine, second declension.

In classical Latin, [ɛˈkʷɪ.tʊ.ɫʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [eˈkʷiː.tu.lus].

noun · masculinesecond declension

equitulus m (genitive equitulī)

Classical[ɛˈkʷɪ.tʊ.ɫʊs]Ecclesiastical[eˈkʷiː.tu.lus]

New Latinmasculinerarea young knight
In hunc totis caſtris inſurgendum videns Tillius Comes, partem equitulus præmittit, ſubſequitur ipſe cum firmiſſimo exercitu.Seeing this uprising in the whole camp, the young knight, Count Tilly, sends ahead a contingent, and himself follows close after with the most steadfast of the army.1637, Johannes Clüver, “Epitomes…Appendix: Res ab anno hujus ſeculi xxx. uſque in hunc xxxiii. geſtas continens”, in Hiſtoriarum Totius Mundi Epitome, page 17:

Diminutive form of eques (“knight”), formed equit- (stem of eques) + -ulus (diminutive suffix); literally, “little knight”.