equester

== Latin == === Alternative forms === equestris === Etymology === From eques ("horseman, rider" stem-form equit-) +‎ -ter, alternative form of -tris. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛˈkʷɛs.tɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈkʷɛs.ter] === Adjective === equester (feminine equestris, neuter equestre); third-declension three-termination adjective of or pertaining to an equestrian of or pertaining to cavalry knightly, belonging to the mounted knights ==== Declension ==== Third-declension three-termination adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== domus equester ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: eqüestre → French: équestre → Italian: equestre → Sicilian: aquestri → Spanish: ecuestre === Noun === equester m (genitive equestris); third declension horseman, rider Synonym: eques knight ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === 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 “equester”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray