equitem

equitem is a Latin form of eques, meaning “horseman, rider; (pl.) cavalry; a knight, member of the equestrian order”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun.

Found 143 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 7.3.1: … dato concurrunt civesque Romanos, qui negotiandi causa ibi constiterant, in his Gaium Fufium Citam, honestum equitem Romanum, qui rei frumentariae iussu Caesaris praeerat, interficiunt bonaque eorum diripiunt.

Vergil, Aeneid 11.464: duc, ait, et Rutulos. Equitem Messapus in armis

All forms of eques (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.