equitulus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive form of eques (“knight”), formed equit- (stem of eques) +‎ -ulus (diminutive suffix); literally, “little knight”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eˈkʷi.tu.lus/, [ɛˈkʷɪt̪ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈkwi.tu.lus/, [eˈkwiːt̪ulus]

Noun

equitulus m (genitive equitulī); second declension

1. (New Latin, rare) a young knight
   • 1637, Johannes Clüver, “Epitomes…Appendix: Res ab anno hujus ſeculi xxx. uſque in hunc xxxiii. geſtas continens”, in Hiſtoriarum Totius Mundi Epitome, page 17:

     In hunc totis caſtris inſurgendum videns Tillius Comes, partem equitulus præmittit, ſubſequitur ipſe cum firmiſſimo exercitu.

     Seeing this uprising in the whole camp, the young knight, Count Tilly, sends ahead a contingent, and himself follows close after with the most steadfast of the army.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	equitulus	equitulī
genitive	equitulī	equitulōrum
dative	equitulō	equitulīs
accusative	equitulum	equitulōs
ablative	equitulō	equitulīs
vocative	equitule	equitulī