equester
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Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From eques ("horseman, rider" stem-form equit-) -ter, alternative form of -tris.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /eˈkʷes.ter/, [ɛˈkʷɛs̠t̪ɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈkwes.ter/, [eˈkwɛst̪er]
Adjective
[edit]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
[edit]Third-declension three-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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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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[edit]Descendants
[edit]Noun
[edit]equester m (genitive equestris); third declension
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]- “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
- 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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁eḱ-
- Latin 3-syllable words
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- la:Feudalism
- la:Equestrianism
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