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equito

equito · v. n

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Where it lives

De Bello Africo 30 · 23.07/10k
De Bello Civili 42 · 13/10k
De bello Gallico 54 · 10.53/10k
De Bello Hispaniensi 5 · 8.26/10k
Miltiades 1 · 7.5/10k
Divus Titus 1 · 6.72/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 29 7 · 5.7/10k
De Bello Alexandrino 5 · 4.8/10k
Pro Fonteio 2 · 4.41/10k
Cum Populo Gratias Egit 1 · 3.79/10k
Epitome Rerum Romanorum 9 · 3.42/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 43-44 - 44 4 · 3.16/10k

Densest 12 of 68 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ĕquĭto — Lewis & Short

ĕquĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and

I a. [eques], to ride.

I Neutr.

A In gen. (class.): cum in illo nostro exercitu equitaret, Cic. Deiot. 10; Sall. J. 6, 1; Suet. Caes. 57; Hor. C. 2, 9, 24 al.: in equo, Dig. 9, 2, 57; cf.: in equuleis, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20; v. Equuleus, II. A.; and: in arundine longa, Hor. S. 2, 3, 248.—

B In partic. (acc. to eques, II. A.): EQVITARE antiqui dicebant equum publicum merere, Paul. ex Fest. 81, 15 Müll.—

C Transf.

1 To skirmish, manœuvre: illa (certatio) qua tu contra Alfenum equitabas, Cic. Quint. 22, 73.—

2 Of the horse, to go, Lucil. ap. Gell. 18, 5, 10, and ap. Non. 107, 1.—

3 Of the wind, like i(ppeu/ein, to blow violently: Eurus per undas, Hor. C. 4, 4, 44: per caelum, Poët. ap. Censor. Fr. 14, § 9.—

4 In mal. part., Juv. 6, 311.—

II Act., to ride through (post-Aug.).—In pass.: flumen equitatur, Flor. 3, 4, 5: equitataque Culmina Taÿgeti, Claud. Bell. Get. 192: fluxis equitata Bactra Parthis, Sid. Carm. 23, 249.

In the wild

equitatus Julius Caesar, De bello Gallico 5.7.6
Equitatus Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 10.7.20
equitatus Julius Caesar, De Bello Civili 3.94.4
equitatumque Julius Caesar, De bello Gallico 1.21.3
equitatus Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1.22.6.56
equitatumque Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 5.5.3

6 of 342 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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