equester

Latin

Alternative forms

• equestris

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *HéHḱus

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos

Proto-Italic *ekwos

Latin equus

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey-

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁its

Proto-Italic *-its

Latin -es

Latin eques

Proto-Indo-European *-teros?

Latin -ter

Latin equester

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛˈkʷɛs.tɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eˈkʷɛs.ter]

Adjective

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

Third-declension three-termination adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	equester	equestris	equestre		equestrēs		equestria
genitive	equestris				equestrium
dative	equestrī				equestribus
accusative	equestrem		equestre		equestrīs 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
• English: equestrian

Noun

equester m (genitive equestris); third declension

1. horseman, rider

   Synonym: eques

2. knight

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	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^[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