RIDE Copy link • RIDE 1. v. Intransitively, equitare; equo vehi (general term: ☞ equo or super equo ire is poetical): equo invehi (to ride into): equo gestari or vectari (to take exercise on horseback). To teach anybody to ride, aliquem equo docere: to learn to ride, equo doceri: to ride away from a place, avehi or evehi equo: to ride over or thronyh, perequitare (to ride through, ride about; e.g., per omnes partes): equo collustrare (to inspect or survey on horseback; Tac., Ann., 3, 45, 3). To ride round, circumequitare or equo circumvehi locum: to ride round between the ranks, interequitare ordines: to ride a horse round, equum agitare (for exercise): to ride round in a circle, certum equitare in orbem. To ride at anchor, consistere in ancoris or ad ancoras: stare in ancoris (Liv.): navem in ancoris tenere, or in statione habere (of a pilot or crew; of whom was also said, in ancoris commorari or exspectare; the last with dum). Transitively, equo vehi, invehi, vectari [SYN. above]: equum exercere (for exercise): equum tentare (for the purpose of trying a horse): not to bear to be ridden (of a horse), sessorem recusare or non pati. 2. s. equitatio: vectatio (for exercise). To take a ride, equo excurrere; equo vehi aliquo. Vid: the verb.