equestris

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eˈkʷes.tris/, [ɛˈkʷɛs̠t̪rɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈkwes.tris/, [eˈkwɛst̪ris]

Etymology 1

Collateral form of equester.

Adjective

equestris (neuter equestre); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. Alternative form of equester

   Ōrdō Equestris Sānctī Sepulcrī Hierosolymītānī ― The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

   • circa 20 BC, Titus Livius Patavinus (author), Wilhelm Weissenborn (editor), Ab Urbe Condita Libri (2nd ed., 1884), volume II (books xxi–xxx), book xxvii, chapter 1, §§ 10–11 (page 356):

     neque ea spes vana fuit; nam cum comminus acie et peditum certamine multi cecidissent Romanorum, starent tamen ordines signaque, equestris tumultus a tergo, simul a castris clamor hostilis auditus sextam ante legionem, quae in secunda acie posita prior ab Numidis turbata est, quintam deinde atque eos, qui ad prima signa erant, avertit.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	equestris	equestre		equestrēs	equestria
Genitive	equestris			equestrium
Dative	equestrī			equestribus
Accusative	equestrem	equestre		equestrēs equestrīs	equestria
Ablative	equestrī			equestribus
Vocative	equestris	equestre		equestrēs	equestria

Etymology 2

Regularly declined forms of equester.

Adjective

equestris

1. inflection of equester:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. genitive masculine/feminine/neuter singular