eques

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

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Latin

Etymology

From equus (“horse”) + the root of īre (“to go”) (compare pedes, mīles for similar formations).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

eques m (genitive equitis); third declension

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

Declension

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

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

See also

Chess pieces in Latin · latrunculi, milites scaccorum (layout · text)
rex	regina	turris	episcopus	eques	pedes

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, 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