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
- A
Liber VIII
Aulus Gellius
"...increpuerit audientibus nobis Peregrinus philosophus adulescentem Romanum ex equestri familia stantem segnem apud se et assidue oscitantem..." - C
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..." - D
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..."- L
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..." - L
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..." - L
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..." - A
Capitula
Aulus Gellius
"...increpuerit audientibus nobis Peregrinus philosophus adulescentem Romanum ex equestri familia stantem segnem apud se et assidue oscitantem..."
