equitatus

Latin

Etymology 1

From equitō (“ride”)

Noun

equitātus m (genitive equitātūs); fourth declension

  1. cavalry
  2. an instance of riding
  3. (rare) the order of equestrians
Inflection

Fourth declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative equitātus equitātūs
genitive equitātūs equitātuum
dative equitātuī equitātibus
accusative equitātum equitātūs
ablative equitātū equitātibus
vocative equitātus equitātūs
Synonyms
  • (riding): equitātiō
  • equiō
  • equitārius
  • equitātiō

Etymology 2

From equiō (“be in heat”)

Noun

equitatus m (genitive equitatūs); fourth declension

  1. (of mares) a being in heat
Inflection

Fourth declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative equitatus equitatūs
genitive equitatūs equitatuum
dative equitatuī equitatibus
accusative equitatum equitatūs
ablative equitatū equitatibus
vocative equitatus equitatūs

References

  • equitatus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • equitatus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • equitatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • equitatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to have the advantage in cavalry: equitatu superiorem esse
    • the cavalry covers the retreat: equitatus tutum receptum dat
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