equester

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From eques ("horseman, rider" stem-form equit-) +‎ -ter, alternative form of -tris.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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equester (feminine equestris, neuter equestre); third-declension three-termination adjective

  1. of or pertaining to an equestrian
  2. of or pertaining to cavalry
  3. knightly, belonging to the mounted knights

Declension

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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

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: eqüestre
  • French: équestre
  • Italian: equestre
  • Sicilian: aquestri
  • Spanish: ecuestre

Noun

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equester m (genitive equestris); third declension

  1. horseman, rider
    Synonym: eques
  2. knight

Declension

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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

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  • 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[1], 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
  • 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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray