ĕquĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [eques], to ride.
I Neutr.
A In gen. (class.): cum in illo nostro exercitu equitaret, Cic. Deiot. 10; Sall. J. 6, 1; Suet. Caes. 57; Hor. C. 2, 9, 24 al.: in equo, Dig. 9, 2, 57; cf.: in equuleis, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20; v. Equuleus, II. A.; and: in arundine longa, Hor. S. 2, 3, 248.—
B In partic. (acc. to eques, II. A.): EQVITARE antiqui dicebant equum publicum merere, Paul. ex Fest. 81, 15 Müll.—
C Transf.
1 To skirmish , manoeuvre : illa (certatio) qua tu contra Alfenum equitabas, Cic. Quint. 22, 73.—
2 Of the horse, to go , Lucil. ap. Gell. 18, 5, 10, and ap. Non. 107, 1.—
3 Of the wind, like ἱππεύειν, to blow violently : Eurus per undas, Hor. C. 4, 4, 44: per caelum, Poët. ap. Censor. Fr. 14, § 9.—
4 In mal. part., Juv. 6, 311.—
II Act. , to ride through (post-Aug.).—In pass. : flumen equitatur, Flor. 3, 4, 5: equitataque Culmina Taÿgeti, Claud. Bell. Get. 192: fluxis equitata Bactra Parthis, Sid. Carm. 23, 249.