cavalry Copy link Outline 1. ĕquĭtātus, ūs2. ĕquĭtes, um3. cōpĭae ĕquestres4. āla (sometimes used of the cavalry in a Roman army, as being placed in the wings) • cavalry: 1. ĕquĭtātus, ūs: he sends all the c. in advance, eq. omnem praemittit, Caes.: the Nervii are extremely weak in c., Nervii equitatu nihil possunt, Caes.: Cic. 2. ĕquĭtes, um: the c. of Ariovistus took up a position 200 paces from the mound, equites Ariovisti passibus CC. a tumulo constiterunt, Caes.: light and heavy c., equites levis, gravis armaturae, Kr. (based on Caes.): the c. began to deploy by troops, eq. se turmatim explicare coeperunt, Caes.: troops of c., equitum turmae, Tac.: a colonel of c., praefectus, Caes.; equitum praefectus, Hirt. (The singular is sometimes used in the collective sense: that c. was then by far the best in Greece, is longe tum optimus eques in Graecia fuit, Liv.: Curt.) 3. cōpĭae ĕquestres: Cic.: Curt. 4. āla (sometimes used of the cavalry in a Roman army, as being placed in the wings): v. Dict. Ant. s. v. Phr.: to convert infantry into c., legionem ad equum rescribere, Caes.: to serve in the c., equo merere, Cic.: a plain well adapted for the manoeuvres of c., planities equitabilis (= equitatui apta), Curt.