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Webster 1913 Edition

Equites

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Eq′ui-tes

Noun.
pl
[L., pl. of
eques
a horseman.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
An order of knights holding a middle place between the senate and the commonalty; members of the Roman equestrian order.

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equites

equites

See also: équités

English

Noun

equites

  1. plural of eques

Latin

Noun

equitēs

  1. nominative plural of eques
  2. accusative plural of eques
  3. vocative plural of eques

References

  • equites in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • equites in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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