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‖ eques, n. Roman Antiq.|ˈɛkweɪz|
Chiefly in pl. equites |ˈɛkwɪteɪz|.
[L., = horseman.]
= knight n. 6 a.
a1577T. Smith De Republica Anglorum (1982) i. xviii. 67 The number of Equites was uncertaine, and so is of knightes, at the pleasure of the prince. 1604Edmonds Observ. Cæsar's Comm. ii. 2 According to the proportion of their stipendary time, as the Equites were admitted Tribunes at fiue yeares, so were the legionarie footmen at ten. 1797Encycl. Brit. VI. 705/1 The equites were liable to be punished by the censors, and to suffer degradation. 1837Penny Cycl. IX. 492/2 We find at the time of the siege of Veii a number of equites serving on horseback at their own expense. 1879J. A. Froude Cæsar x. 110 The courts of the Equites..were to be composed two-thirds of knights and one-third only of senators. 1944E. T. Salmon Hist. Roman World 56 By this stage the young eques was usually about thirty years old and was ready for administrative appointments in the form of various procuratorships. 1990Omnibus Mar. 28/1 It will have been here that members of the equites..watched gladiatorial combats..on Saturday afternoons. |