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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 180–102 BC, Lucilius|origins=la eques}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * Classical: [ˈɛ.kʷɪ.toː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈɛː.kʷi.to]^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Forms==
+ '''equitō''' (present infinitive equitāre, perfect active equitāvī, supine equitātum); first conjugation, no passive^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|eques|-ō|t1=horseman]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's first citation is Lucilius, of seeing a horse run and carry a rider.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It means to ride on horseback:^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero writes of peoples among whom skill in hunting and riding is praised, and of someone who rode in the army.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Sallust, Horace and Suetonius use it too, and Horace has riding on a long reed.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Paul's epitome of Festus records that the ancients said ''equitāre'' for serving with a public horse.^(OLD 2012) It is also to skirmish or manoeuvre on horseback.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius of a horse carrying a rider.^(OLD 2012)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of riding.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of riding on a reed.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To [[m|en|ride]] on horseback;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) (of a horse) to carry a rider.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)
+ # To serve with a public horse, as a knight.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To [[m|en|skirmish]], [[m|en|manoeuvre]].^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[abequitō]]
+ * [[adequitō]]
+ * [[circumequitō]]
+ * [[equitābilis]]
+ * [[equitātiō]]
+ * [[equitātus]]
+ * [[inequitō]]
+ * [[interequitō]]
+ * [[obequitō]]
+ * [[perequitō]]
+ * [[praeterequitō]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[eques]]
+ * [[equester]]
+ * [[equīnus]]
+ * [[equus]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}