Latin

Noun

equitulus m ‎(genitive equitulī); second declension

1. (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.

Declension

Second declension.