English

Noun

eques ‎(plural equites)

1. (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.

Latin

Etymology

From equus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.kʷes/, [ˈɛ.kᶣɛs]

Noun

eques m ‎(genitive equitis); third declension

1. A horseman, rider
2. A knight
3. (Later Latin, chess) knight

Derived terms

• equitulus (diminutive, New Latin, rare)

Related terms

• equitare
• equus

Declension

Third declension.

See also

Chess pieces in Latin · latrunculi, milites scaccorum (layout · text)
rex	regina	turris	episcopus	eques	pedes

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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “eques”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a dictator appoints a magister equitum: dictator dicit (legit) magistrum equitum
    
  • to place the cavalry on the wings: equites ad latera disponere (B. G. 6. 8)
    
  • to repel the attack of the enemy's cavalry: summovere or reicere hostium equites