equito

Latin

Etymology

From eques (“horseman, rider”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɛ.kʷɪ.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.kʷi.to]

Verb

equitō (present infinitive equitāre, perfect active equitāvī, supine equitātum); first conjugation, no passive

1. (intransitive) to ride on horseback

   Synonyms: adequitō, āvehō

2. (by extension) to skirmish, manoeuvre
3. (intransitive, with preposition) to bestride

Conjugation

   Conjugation of equitō (first conjugation, no passive)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	equitō		equitās		equitat		equitāmus		equitātis		equitant
	imperfect	equitābam		equitābās		equitābat		equitābāmus		equitābātis		equitābant
	future	equitābō		equitābis		equitābit		equitābimus		equitābitis		equitābunt
	perfect	equitāvī		equitāvistī		equitāvit		equitāvimus		equitāvistis		equitāvērunt, equitāvēre
	pluperfect	equitāveram		equitāverās		equitāverat		equitāverāmus		equitāverātis		equitāverant
	future perfect	equitāverō		equitāveris		equitāverit		equitāverimus		equitāveritis		equitāverint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	equitem		equitēs		equitet		equitēmus		equitētis		equitent
	imperfect	equitārem		equitārēs		equitāret		equitārēmus		equitārētis		equitārent
	perfect	equitāverim		equitāverīs		equitāverit		equitāverīmus		equitāverītis		equitāverint
	pluperfect	equitāvissem		equitāvissēs		equitāvisset		equitāvissēmus		equitāvissētis		equitāvissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		equitā		—		—		equitāte		—
	future	—		equitātō		equitātō		—		equitātōte		equitantō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		equitāre			—			equitāns			—
future		equitātūrum esse			—			equitātūrus			—
perfect		equitāvisse			—			—			—
perfect potential		equitātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		equitandī		equitandō		equitandum		equitandō		equitātum		equitātū

Derived terms

• abequitō
• circumequitō
• equitābilis
• equitātiō
• equitātus
• inequitō
• interequitō
• obequitō
• perequitō

Related terms

• equa
• equārius
• eques
• equester
• equiferus
• equīle
• equimulga
• equīnus
• equiō
• equīria
• equis virisque
• equisaetum
• equīsō
• equitārius
• equitium
• equula
• equuleus
• equulus
• equus
• Equus Troianus

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.