equestris
Dictionary entries
- Entry →equester, equestris, equestre:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
equestrian, mounted on horse; of/belonging to/consisting of horseman/cavalry;
acc. pl. (m./f.)gen. sg. (all)nom. sg. (f.)voc. sg. (f.) - Entry →equestr, (gen.), equestris:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
equestrian, mounted on horse; of/belonging to/consisting of horseman/cavalry;
acc. pl. (m./f.)gen. sg. (all) - Entry →equester, equestris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
knight; one of equestrian order/class (in Rome > 67 BC w/400_000 sesterces);
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl. - Entry →equestre, equestris:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
seats (pl.) in theater reserved for members of equestrian order/class;
gen. sg.
Examples
Liber VIII
Aulus Gellius
"...increpuerit audientibus nobis Peregrinus philosophus adulescentem Romanum ex equestri familia stantem segnem apud se et assidue oscitantem..."Atticus
Cornelius Nepos from LIBER DE LATINIS HISTORICIS
"...mores plerumque conciliare fortunam. Namque hic contentus ordine equestri, quo erat ortus, in affinitatem pervenit imperatoris, divi filii..."Satura III
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...inquit, "si pudor est, et de pulvino surgat equestri, cuius res legi non sufficit, et sedeant hic lenonum..."Liber V
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Tandem commodius licet sedere, nunc est reddita dignitas equestris; turba non premimur, nec inquinamur": haec et talia..."ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...insignem audaciam tantum non in uiros transcripsimus: equestri insidens statuae in sacra uia, celeberrimo loco, Cloelia exprobrat iuuenibus..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...turba selectorum, quem census in album et equestris hereditas misit. Itaque non haec parum idonea res uisa..."Phoenissae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...diem; Fumoque similes campus in caelum erigat Nebulas, equestri fracta quas tellus pede Submittit: et, si uera metuentes..."Capitula
Aulus Gellius
"...increpuerit audientibus nobis Peregrinus philosophus adulescentem Romanum ex equestri familia stantem segnem apud se et assidue oscitantem..."
