abequito

Latin

Etymology

From ab- (from, away from) +‎ equitō (ride on horseback).

Pronunciation

Verb

abequitō (present infinitive abequitāre, perfect active abequitāvī); first conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive (hapax legomenon)

  1. (intransitive) to ride away; leave
    • 59 BC–AD 17, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 24.31.10:
      Haec cum recitāta essent, cum tantō clāmōre ad arma discursum est ut praetōrēs inter tumultum pavidī abequitāverint Syrācūsās.
      When these had been read out, they rushed to war with such noise that the scared praetors rode away to Syracuse.

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