ăd-ĕquĭto — Lewis & Short
ăd-ĕquĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n.
I To ride to or toward a place, to gallop up to.—With ad: equites Ariovisti propius tumulum accedere et ad nostros adequitare, * Caes. B. G. 1, 46.—With in:
in primos ordines,Curt. 7, 4, 17.—With the local adv. quo:
quo tam ferociter adequitāsset, inde se fundi fugarique,Liv. 9, 22, 6. —With dat.:
portis,Liv. 22, 42, 5; so,
portae Collinae,Plin. 15, 18, 20, § 76: vallo, Liv. 9, 22, 4:
castris,Tac. A. 6, 34.—With acc. of limit:
adequitare Syracusas,Liv. 24, 31:
perarmatos adequitare coepit,Curt. 4, 9, 14 (Vogel now reads here ad perarmatos).—
II To ride near to or by:
juxta aliquem,Suet. Cal. 25:
vehiculo anteire aut circa adequitare,id. Aug. 64.