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Significatio vocis equitatus | Babel Free

Nomen CEFR B2
[ɛ.kʷɪˈtaː.tʊs]

Definitiones

  1. cavalry
  2. a being in heat
  3. an instance of riding
  4. the order of equestrians

Aequivalentia

English cavalry

Exempla

Caesar, quod neque conloquium interposita causa tolli volebat neque salutem suam Gallorum equitatui committere audebat, commodissimum esse statuit omnibus equis Gallis equitibus detractis eo legionarios milites legionis X., cui quam maxime confidebat, imponere, ut praesidium quam amicissimum, si quid opus facto esset, haberet.”

Caesar, as he didn't want either the interview to be for any reason set aside or confide his wellbeing in the hands of the Gallic cavalry, said he saw as most fit the Gallic horsemen be stripped off their steeds and in their place mount legionaries of the 10th legion, in which he had the utmost faith, that he might have as trusted a body-guard as one could have if the occasion ever urged its use.

quantum hinnitum atque equitatum

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Lucilii: 'haec inquam rudet ex rostris atque hei<u>litabit.' eiusdem: 'quantum hinnitum atque equitatum.' 1938 translation by Roland G. Kent”

This, I say, he'll bray from the stand and lament to the public. The same poet's How much neighing and prancing like horses.

Gradus CEFR

B2
Medius superior
Hoc verbum pars est vocabularii CEFR B2 — gradus medius superior.
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Vide etiam

Hoc verbum in contextu disce

Vide equitatus in veris colloquiis adhibitum in cursu nostro linguae gratuito.

Cursum Gratuitum Incipe

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