Word: equites
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: e
quites
Definition: Plural of eques. A member of the equestrian order (Latin: ordo equester), the lower of the two aristocratic classes of Ancient Rome, ranking below the patricians.
Morphemes:
Affix: equite
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: an equite, an eques, an equestrian (class)
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.