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equiti

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

Found 71 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.1.124: … nservabat, a quo summum beneficium acceperat? Vtrum horum reprehendis? et hoc tum de sella vir optimus dixit: equiti Romano tam locupleti libertinus homo sit heres! O modestum ordinem, quod illinc vivus surrexerit!

Martial, Epigrammata 5.14.11: Equiti sedere Lei+toque se stare.

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.