equites

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

Found 965 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.43.2: Legionem Caesar, quam equis devexerat, passibus CC ab eo tumulo constituit. Item equites Ariovisti pari intervallo constiterunt.

Plautus, Amphitruo 1.1.243: ílico equités iubet déxtera indúcere.

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.