equitatio

equitatio

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin eques
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin equitō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin equitātiō

    From equitō (“to ride on horseback”) + -tiō.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    equitātiō f (genitive equitātiōnis); third declension

    1. a riding
      • 77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 28.4.14:
        vehemens enim fricatio spissat, lenis mollit, multa adimit corpus, auget modica. in primis vero prodest ambulatio, gestatio et ea pluribus modis, equitatio stomacho et coxis utilissima
        Especially beneficial however are walking, carriage rides of various kinds, horse riding, which is very good for the stomach and hips

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative equitātiō equitātiōnēs
    genitive equitātiōnis equitātiōnum
    dative equitātiōnī equitātiōnibus
    accusative equitātiōnem equitātiōnēs
    ablative equitātiōne equitātiōnibus
    vocative equitātiō equitātiōnēs

    Descendants

    • English: equitation
    • Italian: equitazione
    • Spanish: equitación

    References

    • “equitatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “equitatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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