equitulus
Latin
Etymology
Diminutive form of eques (“knight”), formed equit- (stem of eques) + -ulus (diminutive suffix); literally, “little knight”.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eˈkʷi.tu.lus/, [ɛˈkᶣɪ.tʊ.ɫʊs]
Noun
equitulus m (genitive equitulī); second declension
- (New Latin, rare) a young knight
- 1637, Johannes Clüver, Hiſtoriarum Totius Mundi Epitome, “Epitomes…Appendix: Res ab anno hujus ſeculi xxx. uſque in hunc xxxiii. geſtas continens”, page 17:
- 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.
- In hunc totis caſtris inſurgendum videns Tillius Comes, partem equitulus præmittit, ſubſequitur ipſe cum firmiſſimo exercitu.
- 1637, Johannes Clüver, Hiſtoriarum Totius Mundi Epitome, “Epitomes…Appendix: Res ab anno hujus ſeculi xxx. uſque in hunc xxxiii. geſtas continens”, page 17:
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | equitulus | equitulī |
| Genitive | equitulī | equitulōrum |
| Dative | equitulō | equitulīs |
| Accusative | equitulum | equitulōs |
| Ablative | equitulō | equitulīs |
| Vocative | equitule | equitulī |