equito

Latin

Etymology

From eques (“horseman, rider”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈe.kʷi.toː/, [ˈɛkʷɪt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.kwi.to/, [ˈɛːkwit̪o]

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, active only)

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		equitāre	equitāvisse	equitātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		equitāns	—	equitātūrus	—	—	—
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.