equito
Latin
Etymology
From eques (“horseman, rider”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɛ.kʷɪ.toː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.kʷi.t̪o]
Verb
equitō (present infinitive equitāre, perfect active equitāvī, supine equitātum); first conjugation, no passive
- (intransitive) to ride on horseback
- (by extension) to skirmish, manoeuvre
- (intransitive, with preposition) to bestride
Conjugation
Conjugation of equitō (first conjugation, no passive)
Derived terms
- abequitō
- circumequitō
- equitābilis
- equitātiō
- equitātus
- inequitō
- interequitō
- obequitō
- perequitō
Related terms
References
- “equito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “equito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- equito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.