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ĕquĭtātus , ūs, m. id.. *
I. In abstr., = equitatio, a riding: “atteri equitatu,Plin. 28, 15, 61, § 218.—
II. In concr.
A. Cavalry (very freq.), Caes. B. G. 1, 15, 1; 2; 1, 18, 5; “1, 24, 1 et saep.: ferreus,harnessed cavalry, Amm. 19, 1.— Dat. equitatu, Caes. B. G. 1, 18 fin.; 1, 39, 5; 1, 52 fin.; also, “equitatui,id. ib. 1, 42, 5; 7, 4, 9; id. B. C. 3, 89, 3.—In plur., Caes. B. C. 1, 61, 3; 3, 8, 1; Cic. Font. 2; Sall. J. 46, 7; Flor. 3, 11, 8.—
B. The equestrian order (very rare), Plin. 33, 2, 9, § 35; cf. ib. § 36; Aus. Idyll. 11, 78.
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    • Caesar, Gallic War, 1.15.1
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    • Cicero, For Marcus Fonteius, 2
    • Caesar, Civil War, 1.61.3
    • Caesar, Civil War, 3.89.3
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 33.35
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 46
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