eques itis, m equus, a horseman, rider: equites, qui litteras attulerant, L.: equus docilis Ire viam quā monstret eques, H.: equitem docuere sub armis Insultare solo, i. e. the horse and his rider, V.

—A horse - soldier, trooper, cavalryman, horseman: equitum milia erant sex, cavalry (opp. pedites), Cs.: equites virique, L.

— Sing collect.: equiti admoti equi, L.

—A knight, one of the equestrian order (between the Senate and the Plebs): Romanus: equites Romani: equitum centuriae: turma equitum R., S.

— Sing collect.: omnis, the equestrian order, O.: Si discordet eques, the spectators in the knights' seats, H.