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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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I.In gen.: it eques et plausu cava concutit ungula terram, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 419 ed. Vahlen); Liv. 26, 2; 28, 9; Dig. 9, 2, 57; Ov. F. 5, 700 (of Castor; cf. Hor. C. 1, 12, 26; id. S. 2, 1, 26); Hor. C. 4, 11, 27 (of Bellerophon; cf. id. ib. 3, 12, 8); id. Ep. 1, 2, 65; 1, 10, 38 al.— Poet. transf., [p. 653] of horse and rider: quadrupes, Enn. ap. Non. 106, 31; Gell. 18, 5; and Macr. S. 6, 9 (who, like the other ancient grammarians, consider eques = equus); cf. Enn. ed. Vahl. p. 37; imitated by Verg. G. 3, 116 Heyne.— Far more frequently,II.In partic.A.In milit. lang., a horse-soldier, trooper; opp. pedes, a foot-soldier, Caes. B. G. 1, 15, 3 (twice); 1, 18 fin.; 1, 23, 2 et saep.;2.opp. pedites,
id. ib. 1, 48, 5; 2, 24, 1; 4, 33, 3 et saep.;opp. viri or homines, for pedites,
Liv. 21, 27; 9, 19: equites singulares Augusti, v. singularis.—Meton. or collect., horse-soldiers, cavalry:B.plurimum in Aetolis equitibus praesidii fuit: is longe tum optimus eques in Graecia erat,
Liv. 33, 7 fin.; 2, 20; 8, 38; Suet. Galb. 12; Flor. 2, 6, 13; Tac. A. 3, 46; 12, 29; id. H. 2, 89.—Equites, the order of knights, the Equites, who, among the Romans, held a middle rank between the Senate and the Plebs, consisting, under Romulus, of the 300 Celeres, but whose number, as early as the reign of Tullus Hostilius, had increased to 18 centuries. In the last centuries of the republic this order enjoyed great consideration and influence in the conduct of public affairs, in consequence of the wealth they acquired as farmers of the public taxes, as also by reason of the right to the administration of justice held by them after the year 632 A. U. C. (acc. to the lex Sempronia judiciaria), Liv. 1, 15; 30, 43; Cic. Rep. 2, 20; 22; id. Font. 8; id. Verr. 1, 13, 38; id. de Or. 2, 48 fin.; Plin. 33, 1, 7, § 29 sq.; Cic. Clu. 55, 152; id. Rosc. Com. 14 fin.; id. Fl. 2, 4; id. Phil. 7, 6; Caes. B. C. 1, 23, 2; Sall. J. 65, 2; Ov. Am. 1, 3, 8; id. F. 4, 293; Hor. C. 1, 20, 5; 3, 16, 20; id. S. 1, 10, 76 et saep.; cf. Dict. of Antiq., art. Equites. —2.In the sing. collect., the equestrian order:senatores, eques, miles,
Tac. A. 15, 48; 1, 7; 4, 74; Suet. Aug. 34; id. Calig. 26; id. Vesp. 9; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 185; Mart. 8, 15 al.
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