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
Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

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

equitātus m (genitive equitātūs); fourth declension

  1. (of mares) a being in heat
Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative equitātus equitātūs
Genitive equitātūs equitātuum
Dative equitātuī equitātibus
Accusative equitātum equitātūs
Ablative equitātū equitātibus
Vocative equitātus equitātūs

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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