eques

== English == === Etymology === From Latin eques (“horseman, knight; equestrian”). === Noun === eques (plural equites) (historical, Ancient Rome) A member of the equestrian order (Latin: ordo equester), the lower of the two aristocratic classes of Ancient Rome, ranking below the patricians. === Anagrams === -esque, squee == Latin == === Etymology === From equus (“horse”) +‎ -es (“-faring”). Compare pedes, mīles for similar formations. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɛ.kʷɛs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.kʷes] === Noun === eques m (genitive equitis); third declension horseman, cavalryman, rider knight equite, eques, equestrian (class) (Late Latin, chess) knight (in the plural) Equestrian order ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== equitulus (diminutive, New Latin, rare) equitō === See also === === References === “eques”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “eques”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "eques", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “eques”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. Dizionario Latino, Olivetti