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  • 1 equitatus

    cavalry, horsemen (classical)

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  • 2 equitātus

        equitātus ūs, dat. uī or ū, m    [equito], cavalry: magnus numerus equitatūs, Cs.: nullus: magnos equitatūs exspectare, large bodies of cavalry, Cs.— The equestrian order, knights: ille: in equitatu recensendo, L.
    * * *
    cavalry, horse-soldiers; equestrian order; bodies of cavalry (pl.); horsemanship, equitation, riding; creature in heat (mare) (L+S)

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  • 3 āla

        āla ae, f    [for * axla; dim. of axis], a wing: aquila suspensis demissa leniter alis, L.: stridentes, V. — Fig.: mors alis circumvolat atris, H.: furva, Tb.: iocunda, Pr.: fulminis ocior alis, V.: timor addidit alas, i. e. speed, V.—Of sails: velorum pandimus alas, V.—In man, the armpit, L.: aliquid sub alā portare, H.—Of an army, the wing, usu. including the cavalry and the auxiliaries, C., L. — A division of cavalry: Campanorum, L.: mille ferme equitum, L.—Poet.: Dum trepidant alae, while the troops are in hot pursuit, V.
    * * *
    wing; upper arm/foreleg/fin; armpit; squadron (cavalry), flank, army's wing

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  • 4 ālāris

        ālāris e, adj.    [ala], of the wing (for alarius): cohortes, L.
    * * *
    I
    auxiliary cavalry (pl.) or other troops
    II
    alaris, alare ADJ
    of/consisting of auxiliary cavalry or other troops

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  • 5 eques

        eques itis, m    [equus], a horseman, rider: equites, qui litteras attulerant, L.: equus docilis Ire viam quā monstret eques, H.: equitem docuere sub armis Insultare solo, i. e. the horse and his rider, V.— A horse - soldier, trooper, cavalryman, horseman: equitum milia erant sex, cavalry (opp. pedites), Cs.: equites virique, L. — Sing collect.: equiti admoti equi, L.— A knight, one of the equestrian order (between the Senate and the Plebs): Romanus: equites Romani: equitum centuriae: turma equitum R., S. — Sing collect.: omnis, the equestrian order, O.: Si discordet eques, the spectators in the knights' seats, H.
    * * *
    horseman/cavalryman/rider; horsemen (pl.), cavalry, equestrian order; knight (abb. eq.); (wealthy enough to own his own horse); horse (Bee)

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  • 6 equitatus

    1.
    ĕquĭtātus, ūs, m. [id.].
    * I.
    In abstr., = equitatio, a riding:

    atteri equitatu,

    Plin. 28, 15, 61, § 218.—
    II.
    In concr.
    A.
    Cavalry (very freq.), Caes. B. G. 1, 15, 1; 2; 1, 18, 5;

    1, 24, 1 et saep.: ferreus,

    harnessed cavalry, Amm. 19, 1.— Dat. equitatu, Caes. B. G. 1, 18 fin.; 1, 39, 5; 1, 52 fin.; also,

    equitatui,

    id. ib. 1, 42, 5; 7, 4, 9; id. B. C. 3, 89, 3.—In plur., Caes. B. C. 1, 61, 3; 3, 8, 1; Cic. Font. 2; Sall. J. 46, 7; Flor. 3, 11, 8.—
    B.
    The equestrian order (very rare), Plin. 33, 2, 9, § 35; cf. ib. § 36; Aus. Idyll. 11, 78.
    2.
    ĕquĭtātus, ūs, m. [equio], a being in heat, of mares (with hinnitus), Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 103 Müll.

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  • 7 manipulus

    mănĭpŭlus (sync. mănīplus, in poets; plur.:

    inter manipula,

    Spart. Hadrian. 10), i, m. [manus-pleo, plenus], a handful, a bundle.
    I.
    Lit.:

    de his (herbis) manipulos fieri,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 49:

    manipulos obligare,

    Col. 11, 2, 40:

    vincire,

    id. 2, 19, 2:

    alligari,

    Plin. 18, 28, 67, § 262:

    filicumque maniplis Sternere humum,

    Verg. G. 3, 297:

    nexos deferre maniplos,

    Col. 10, 315:

    maniplos solvere,

    the bundles of hay, Juv. 8, 153.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    = haltêres, pieces of metal held in the hand during gymnastic exercises, to increase the momentum of a leap or stroke, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 2, 38.—
    B.
    Because the ancient Romans adopted a pole, with a handful of hay or straw twisted about it, as the standard of a company of soldiers; in milit. lang., a certain number of soldiers belonging to the same standard, a company, maniple; generally applied to infantry, and only by way of exception to cavalry:

    miles pulcre centuriatus est expuncto in manipulo,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 29:

    pertica suspensos portabat longa maniplos: Unde maniplaris nomina miles habet,

    Ov. F. 3, 117:

    adeo ut iidem ordines, manipulique constarent,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 28:

    manipulos laxare,

    id. B. G. 2, 25:

    continere ad signa manipulos,

    id. ib. 6, 33:

    in legione sunt manipuli triginta,

    Gell. 16, 4, 6.—Of cavalry:

    infrenati manipli,

    Sil. 4, 316: App. M. 9, p. 221, 5.—Comically: manipulus farum, a troop, band, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 6.

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  • 8 praeficio

    prae-fĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3, v. a. [facio], to set over any thing (as officer, superintendent, leader, etc.), to place in authority over, place at the head, appoint to the command of.
    I.
    Lit. (freq. and class.; cf.:

    praepono, praefero): te cum securi caudicali praeficio provinciae,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 25:

    praefeci rure recte qui curet tamen,

    id. Cas. 1, 1, 17:

    aliquem pecori,

    Cic. Planc. 25, 62:

    certum magistratum alicui procurationi,

    id. Leg. 2, 26, 66:

    imperatorem bello,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49:

    tantis rebus,

    id. ib. 10, 27:

    legatos legionibus,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 24:

    pontifices sacris,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 14, 26:

    aliquem sacerdotio Neptuni,

    Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 27:

    libertos rationibus, libellis et epistulis,

    Tac. A. 6, 8:

    aliquem provinciae,

    id. ib. 13, 46;

    2, 4: aliquem classi,

    Nep. Milt. 4, 1; Liv. 35, 42 et saep.:

    lucis Avernis,

    Verg. A. 6, 118:

    Juno sacris praefecta maritis,

    Ov. H. 12, 87:

    in eo exercitu inimici mei fratrem praefecerat,

    had given him a command, Cic. Sest. 18, 41. —
    II.
    Trop., to set over, etc. (rare): nec locus nec materia invenitur, cui divinationem praeficere possimus, Cic. Div. 2, 4, 12. —Hence, as subst.: praefectus, i, m., an overseer, director, president, chief, commander, prefect.
    A.
    In gen.:

    gumnasi praefecto poenas pendere,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 22:

    villae,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 17 fin.:

    tu (censor) es praefectus moribus,

    Cic. Clu. 46, 129; cf.:

    praefectus morum,

    Nep. Hamilc. 3, 2:

    nec vero mulieribus praefectus praeponatur,

    Cic. Rep. 4, 6, 16 (Non. 499, 13); cf. Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 30:

    cum praefectus custodum quaesisset, etc.,

    Nep. Eum. 11, 1:

    his utitur quasi praefectis libidinum suarum,

    Cic. Red. in Sen. 6, 15.—
    B.
    In partic., as a title of particular civil or military officers, a president, superintendent, commander, governor, etc.:

    praefectus aerarii or aerario,

    a treasurer, Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 2; id. Pan. 92; Gell. 13, 24, 30; Capitol. Gord. 4: annonae, a superintendent of grain or of the markets, Tac. A. 11, 31; Inscr. Orell. 1084; 1186; 1091;

    3169: castrorum or castris,

    an officer who attended to the pitching of the camp and all matters connected therewith, a quartermaster, Vell. 2, 112, 6; 119, 4; 120, 4; Tac. A. 14, 37; 1, 20; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 10:

    classis,

    an admiral, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 89; Liv. 26, 48; 36, 20; 42; Flor. 3, 7; afterwards also for a captain of a ship, Tac. H. 3, 12; Veg. Mil. 4, 32; Inscr. Orell. 3596;

    who was formerly called praefectus navis: dextrum cornu praefectos navium ad terram explicare jubet,

    Liv. 36, 44; Flor. 2, 5: fabrūm, in the army, a superintendent of the military engines, chief engineer, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, C, 2; id. B. C. 1, 24, 4; Nep. Att. 12, 4; Vell. 2, 76, 1; Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48; Inscr. Orell. 4906;

    in the free towns and colonies,

    a superintendent of public works, ib. 516: equitum, a commander of the cavalry, as we say, a colonel or general of cavalry, Hirt. B. G. 8, 12; Vell. 2, 24, 1;

    called also simply praefectus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 3, 7; Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 7; cf.

    cohortium,

    Sall. J. 46, 7: legionis, in the time of the emperors, the same that was previously called legatus legionis, a commander of the legion, i. q. our colonel, Tac. H. 1, 82; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Galb. 11; 14; id. Calig. 56; id. Ner. 21; Inscr. Grut. 465, 2; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 9:

    praefectus regis or regius,

    a commander-in-chief, generalissimo, Liv. 36, 11; Sall. J. 46, 5; Nep. Alcib. 5, 2; id. Ages. 2, 3; cf. Flor. 3, 5; 11:

    praefectus praetorio and praetorii, in the time of the emperors,

    a commander of the imperial body - guard, pretorian prefect, Tac. A. 1, 24; id. H. 1, 13; 19; Dig. 1, 11 et saep.; in later times, a governor of a province of the Roman empire: praefectus urbi or urbis, governor of the city of Rome, in the times of the republic, appointed only to represent the consul during the latter's absence; under the emperors, a perpetual office with a particular jurisdiction, Varr. ap. Gell. 14, 7; Tac. A. 6, 10; 11; Plin. 11, 38, 90, § 223; Suet. Aug. 33; Inscr. Orell. 3153 sq.:

    vigilum or vigilibus,

    a captain of the watch, Dig. 1, 15, 3; 47, 2, 58; Inscr. Orell. 801; 1088; 1929:

    Aegypti,

    the governor of the province of Egypt, Suet. Aug. 18; 66; id. Vesp. 6; Dig. 1, 17; Inscr. Orell. 709; 3651; so,

    Lydiae, Ioniae, totiusque Phrygiae,

    Nep. Dat. 2, 5:

    Alpium,

    Plin. 10, 48, 68, § 134; Inscr. Grut. 287, 7.

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  • 9 aciēs

        aciēs ēī (old form ē; acc. aciem, disyl. V.; plur. only nom. and acc.), f    [2 AC-], a sharp edge, point, cutting part: securium: falcis, V.—Fig.: horum auctoritatis, the edge, i. e. efficiency. — Meton., of sight, sharpness of vision, keen look: aciem oculorum ferre, Cs.: fugere aciem: cum stupet acies fulgoribus, the sight, H. — Brilliancy, brightness: neque tum stellis acies obtunsa videtur, V. — Concr., the pupil of the eye: acies ipsa, quā cernimus.—Poet., the eye: huc geminas nunc flecte acies, V.: huc atque huc acies circumtulit, V.—In war, the front of an army, line of battle, battle-array: triplex, i. e. the legion in three ranks, Cs.: duplex, Cs.: mediā acie, Cs.: exercitūs nostri: aciem instruere, Cs.: extra aciem procurrere, Cs.: neque in acie, sed alio more bellum gerendum, S. — Of a line of ships: productā longius acie (navium), Cs.—The battle-array, an army in order of battle: hostium acies cernebatur, Cs.: unius corporis duae acies dimicantes, two divisions of an army: prima, the van, L.: tertia, Cs.: novissima the rear, L. — Of cavalry: equitum acies, L. — Poet.: Volcania, a line of fire, V.—A battle, engagement: in acie Pharsalicā: in acie vincere, Cs. —Fig., of mind, acuteness, sharpness, force, power: mentis: animi.—A verbal contest, disputation, discussion, debate: in aciem prodire.
    * * *
    sharpness, sharp edge, point; battle line/array; sight, glance; pupil of eye

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  • 10 ad - misceō

        ad - misceō scuī, xtus    (mīstus), ēre, to add so as to form a mixture, mix with, admix: admixto calore: ille (aër) multo calore admixtus est: aquae calorem. — Fig., to mingle, mix in with: huic generi orationis illud alterum: versūs admisceri orationi. — To add, join, mingle, merge in, scatter through: antesignanos, among the cavalry, Cs.: stirpem admisceri Phrygiam, that a Phrygian stock is mixed (with ours), V.: his Antonianos milites, Cs.—To implicate, mix up: ne me admisceas, T.—With se or pass, to mix oneself up, interfere, meddle: ne te admisce, T.: ad id consilium admiscear?

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  • 11 agēma

        agēma atis, n, ἄγημα, the flower of the (Macedonian) cavalry, L., Cu.
    * * *
    special division of the Macedonian army, royal bodyguard

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  • 12 ālārius

        ālārius adj.    [ala], of the wing (of an army): cohortes, Cs.: equites, L., Ta. — Plur. as subst, auxiliary troops: ad speciem alariis uti, Cs.
    * * *
    I
    auxiliary troops (pl.), posted on the wings of the army
    II
    alaria, alarium ADJ
    of the wing (of an army); pertaining to the auxiliary cavalry

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  • 13 cervus

        cervus ī, m    [1 CAR-], a stag, deer: bos cervi figurā, Cs.: fugax, H.: surgens in cornua, V.: Ocior cervis, H. — In war, a structure of sharp stakes (like horns), chevaux-de-frise, Cs., L.
    * * *
    stag/deer; forked branches; chevaux-de-frise (spiked barricade against cavalry)

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  • 14 decuria

        decuria ae, f    [decem; cf. centuria], a division of ten, decuria, decade: hence, in gen., a division, company, class, decuria (of judges, summoned by the praetor to try causes): iudicum: senatoria: tertia equitum, Ta.
    * * *
    group/division of ten; class, social club; gang; cavalry squad; ten judges/feet

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  • 15 decuriō

        decuriō ōnis, m    [decuria], the chief of a decuria, commander of a decuria of cavalry, Cs.— A member of a municipal senate: decurionum decretum, Cs.
    * * *
    I
    decuriare, decuriavi, decuriatus V TRANS
    make (cavlary) squads of ten; organize in military fashion; enrol in decuria
    II
    decurion, officer commanding a decuria (calvary squad); (also naval); foreman; member of municipal senate/governing committee of decuria; councillor

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  • 16 equester (-tris, L.)

       equester (-tris, L.) tris, tre, adj.    [eques], of a horseman, equestrian: statuae. — Of cavalry: proelium, Cs.: tumultus, L.: copiae. — Of the knights of the equestrian order, equestrian, knightly: ordo: locus: ius: familia: nomen: census equestrem summam nummorum. anulus, H.: dignitas, N.: nobilitas, rank, Ta.

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  • 17 hippagōgī

        hippagōgī acc. ūs, f, ἱππαγωγοί, vessels for carrying horses, cavalry-transports, L.

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  • 18 homō

        homō inis, m and f    a human being, man, person: Monstrum hominis, T.: grandior, T.: doctrinā eruditus: hominum homo stultissime, T.: genus hominum: more hominum evenit, ut, etc., as usual, T.: homo'st Perpaucorum hominum, associates, T.: cum inter homines esset, was alive: qui numquam inter homines fuerit, saw the world: nec vox hominem sonat, i. e. mortal, V.: ut eam nemo hominem appellare possit: Quae (Io) bos ex homine est, O.: dic ipsa, ‘homo sum,’ Iu.— Collect., man, the human race, mankind: quā haud scio ad quidquam melius sit homini datum.— Pleonast., in addresses: nisi caves tu homo, etc., fellow, T.: tu homo adigis me ad insaniam, T.— In apposition: filius homo adulescens, T.: servom hominem, T.: oculi hominis histrionis.—Prov.: Quot homines, tot sententiae, many men, many minds, T.: Homo sum; humani nil a me alienum puto, T.—A man, reasonable creature, lord of creation: si homo esset, eum potius legeret: nox te expolivit hominemque reddidit: homines visi sumus: si esses homo, if you had a man's sense, T.: nihil hominis esse, nothing of a man.—A man, servant: homo P. Quincti, Quintus's man.—Plur., foot-soldiers, infantry (opp. cavalry): homines equitesque, Cs.— Plur, bodies, corpses: cumulos hominum urebant, L.—The man, fellow, creature, he, this one (colloq. for a pron dem.): ibi homo coepit me obsecrare, Ut, etc., T.: itast homo, T.: venas hominis incidere: persuasit homini, N.
    * * *
    man, human being, person, fellow

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  • 19 legiō

        legiō ōnis, f    [1 LEG-], a body of soldiers, legion (containing 10 cohorts of foot-soldiers and 300 cavalry, in all between 4200 and 6000 men. These were Roman citizens; only on pressing necessity were slaves admitted. The legions were numbered in the order of their levy, but were often known by particular names): cum legione secundā ac tertiā, L.: Martia.— Plur, legions, soldiers: Bruttiae Lucanaeque legiones, L.— An army, large body of troops: Cetera dum legio moratur, V.: de colle videri poterat legio, V.
    * * *
    legion; army

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  • 20 mereō

        mereō uī, itus, ēre, dep.    [2 SMAR-], to deserve, merit, be entitled to, be worthy of: nec minimum decus, H.: supplicium, O.: cur pereat, O.: Nil suave meritum est, no kindness has been deserved, T.: qualem meruit, Pallanta remitto, as he deserves, i. e. dead, V.: ut decoraretur: Danaūm ut caderem manu, V.: Quae merui vitio perdere cuncta meo, O.— To earn, acquire, gain, obtain: non amplius duodecim aeris: stipendia in eo bello, i. e. served as a soldier: diadema Quirini, Iu.: odium, Cs.: aera, H.: scelus, incur, V.— To get by purchase, buy, purchase: quid arbitramini Rheginos merere velle, ut, etc., what price do you think they would take?—To serve for pay, serve as a soldier: complurīs annos, Cs.: triennio sub Hasdrubale, L.: equo, serve in the cavalry: pedibus, serve in the infantry, L.— To confer a favor, render service: de re p. optime: Si bene quid de te merui, V.
    * * *
    merere, merui, meritus V
    earn; deserve/merit/have right; win/gain/incur; earn soldier/whore pay, serve

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