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Etymology

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From Latin eques (horseman, knight; equestrian).

Noun

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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.

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Latin

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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eques m (genitive equitis); third declension

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

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative eques equitēs
Genitive equitis equitum
Dative equitī equitibus
Accusative equitem equitēs
Ablative equite equitibus
Vocative eques equitēs

Derived terms

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See also

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Chess pieces in Latin · latrunculī, mīlitēs scaccōrum (layout · text)
           
rēx rēgīna turris sagittifer eques pedes

References

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  • 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