riding Copy link Outline I. The act of riding.1. ĕquĭtātio2. ĕquĭtātus, ūs3. vectātio (the act of being carried)4. vectio (very rare)5. gestātio (r. in a vehicle for health, pleasure, etc.)6. transvectio, (a r. past at reviews)7. Expr. sometimes by cursus, ūs (a running)II. The third part of a county • riding: I. The act of riding. 1. ĕquĭtātio: r. is very beneficial, e. est utilissima, Plin. 28, 4, 14. 2. ĕquĭtātus, ūs: to chafe the thighs by r., femora equitatu atterere, id. 28, 15, 61, ad fin. 3. vectātio (the act of being carried): r. on horseback after a meal, v. equi post cibum, Suet. Cal. 3: Sen. 4. vectio (very rare): to render r. on quadrupeds possible, vectiones quadrupedum efficere, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151. 5. gestātio (r. in a vehicle for health, pleasure, etc.): to come in from r., a gestatione venire, Sen. Ep. 55, 1. 6. transvectio, (a r. past at reviews): the custom of r. past, mos transvectionis, Suet. Aug. 38. 7. Expr. sometimes by cursus, ūs (a running): this custom of r., hic mos cursus, Virg. Aen. 5, 596: or by the vbs.: it is called r., gestari dicitur, Sen. Ep. 122, 15: to teach r., equo docere (sc. uti), Liv. 29, 1, ad med.: r. is popular among them, equitandi laus apud eos viget, Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 62. II. The third part of a county: *pars tertia comitatus.
RIDING Copy link • RIDING(On horseback), equitatio: vectatio (general terms for being carried; opposed to walking; vectatio et iter reficiunt animum): vectatio equi (horse exercise). To give lessons in riding, equo docere alios: to receive them, equo doceri. A district, ager: territorium.