pĕr-ĕquĭto

ĕquĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [eques], to ride.

In gen. (class.):

cum in illo nostro exercitu equitaret,

Cic. Deiot. 10; Sall. J. 6, 1; Suet. Caes. 57; Hor. C. 2, 9, 24 al.:

in equo,

Dig. 9, 2, 57; cf.:

in equuleis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20; v. Equuleus, II. A.; and:

in arundine longa,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 248.—

In partic. (acc. to eques, II. A.): EQVITARE antiqui dicebant equum publicum merere, Paul. ex Fest. 81, 15 Müll.—

Transf.

To skirmish, manœuvre:

illa (certatio) qua tu contra Alfenum equitabas,

Cic. Quint. 22, 73.—

Of the horse, to go, Lucil. ap. Gell. 18, 5, 10, and ap. Non. 107, 1.—

Of the wind, like hippeuein, to blow violently:

Eurus per undas,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 44: per caelum, Poët. ap. Censor. Fr. 14, § 9.—

In mal. part., Juv. 6, 311.—

Act., to ride through (post-Aug.).—In pass.:

flumen equitatur,

Flor. 3, 4, 5:

equitataque Culmina Taÿgeti,

Claud. Bell. Get. 192:

fluxis equitata Bactra Parthis,

Sid. Carm. 23, 249.

pĕr-ĕquĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a., to ride through, ride hither and thither, ride about; to drive about (class. but not in Cic.).

Neutr.:

inter duas acies perequitans,

Caes. B. C. 1, 46:

longe ex viā,

Liv. 23, 47:

per omnes partes,

to drive about, Caes. B. G. 4, 33.—

Act.:

aciem,

Liv. 5, 28:

puer delphino maria perequitans,

Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 27.