equester
Latin
Alternative forms
- equestris
Etymology
From eques (“horseman, rider”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eˈkʷes.ter/, [ɛˈkʷɛs̠t̪ɛr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈkwes.ter/, [eˈkwɛst̪er]
Adjective
equester (feminine equestris, neuter equestre); third-declension three-termination adjective
- of or pertaining to an equestrian
- of or pertaining to cavalry
- knightly, belonging to the mounted knights
Declension
Third-declension three-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | equester | equestris | equestre | equestrēs | equestria | ||
| Genitive | equestris | equestrium | |||||
| Dative | equestrī | equestribus | |||||
| Accusative | equestrem | equestre | equestrēs | equestria | |||
| Ablative | equestrī | equestribus | |||||
| Vocative | equester | equestris | equestre | equestrēs | equestria | ||
Derived terms
- domus equester
Related terms
- equa
- equārius
- eques
- equiferus
- equīle
- equimulga
- equīnus
- equiō
- equīria
- equis virisque
- equīso
- equitārius
- equitātiō
- equitātus
- equitium
- equitō
- equula
- equuleus
- equulus
- equus
Descendants
- → Catalan: eqüestre
- → French: équestre
- → Italian: equestre
- → Sicilian: aquestri
- → Spanish: ecuestre
Noun
equester m (genitive equestris); third declension
- horseman, rider
- Synonym: eques
- knight
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | equester | equestrēs |
| Genitive | equestris | equestrum |
| Dative | equestrī | equestribus |
| Accusative | equestrem | equestrēs |
| Ablative | equestre | equestribus |
| Vocative | equester | equestrēs |
References
- “equester”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “equester”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- equester in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the equestrian order; the knights: ordo equester (splendidissimus)
- a knight by birth: equestri loco natus or ortus
- to give battle with a cavalry-division: proelio equestri contendere
- to give battle with a cavalry-division: proelium equestre facere
- the equestrian order; the knights: ordo equester (splendidissimus)
- “equester”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “equester”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray