Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Roman antiquity, one of the knights, an order of Roman citizens. See
equites . - noun [capitalized] A genus of fishes of the percoid series and family Sciænidæ, represented by species found in the Caribbean sea and along the Atlantic coasts of tropical America, typical of the subfamily Equitinæ.
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- noun historical A member of the equestrian order (Latin: ordo equester), the lower of the two
aristocratic classes ofAncient Rome , ranking below thepatricians .
Etymologies
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Examples
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An "eques" or knight in Cicero's time became so, or might become so, by being in possession of a certain income.
Life of Cicero Volume One Anthony Trollope 1848
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A Latin inscription reveals the cavalryman to be Insus Vodullus, an 'eques' or mounted trooper of the auxiliary cavalry unit ala Augusta.
Bread and Circuses 2008
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A Latin inscription reveals the cavalryman to be Insus Vodullus, an 'eques' or mounted trooper of the auxiliary cavalry unit ala Augusta.
Bread and Circuses 2008
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A Latin inscription reveals the cavalryman to be Insus Vodullus, an 'eques' or mounted trooper of the auxiliary cavalry unit ala Augusta.
Bread and Circuses 2008
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A Latin inscription reveals the cavalryman to be Insus Vodullus, an 'eques' or mounted trooper of the auxiliary cavalry unit ala Augusta.
Bread and Circuses 2008
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A Latin inscription reveals the cavalryman to be Insus Vodullus, an 'eques' or mounted trooper of the auxiliary cavalry unit ala Augusta.
Bread and Circuses 2008
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Phycodurus eques — Leafy sea dragon, Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, California
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Hortulanus non ita exercetur visendis hortis, eques equis, armis, nauta navibus, &c. 5004.
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Peison himself was the first one of the family to become a Roman knight (eques) and he also became the first agonothetès (leader) for life of the Klarian games, which were connected with the Imperial cult since Vespasian's time.
Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Hadrianic Nymphaeum Report 4 2003
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In B.C. 45 Laberius, although an _eques_, was, as a punishment for his political opinions, compelled by Caesar to perform in one of his own mimes, and was beaten by Publilius Syrus.
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
chained_bear commented on the word eques
Plural equites.
April 17, 2009