Latin

Alternative forms

• equestris

Adjective

equester m ‎(feminine equestris, neuter equestre); third declension

1. of or pertaining to an equestrian
2. of or pertaining to cavalry
3. belonging to the mounted knights
4. (substantive) horseman, rider

Inflection

Third declension, masculine nominative singular in -er, neuter in -e.

Synonyms

• (horseman, rider): eques

Derived terms

• domus equester

Related terms

Descendants

• French: équestre
• Spanish: ecuestre

Noun

equester m ‎(genitive equestris); third declension

1. knight

Inflection

Third declension.

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “equester”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray