_curru vehi, in rheda_ (Mil. 21. 55)—to drive.
_equo vehi_—to ride.
_sternere equum_—to saddle a horse.
_conscendere equum_—to mount.
_ascendere in equum_—to mount.
_descendere ex equo_—to dismount.
_in equo sedere; equo insidēre_—to be on horseback.
_(in) equo haerere_—to sit a horse well; to have a good seat.
_calcaria subdere equo_—to put spurs to a horse.
_calcaribus equum concitare_—to put spurs to a horse.
_equo citato_ or _admisso_—at full gallop.
_freno remisso; effusis habenis_—with loose reins.
_equum in aliquem concitare_—ride against any one at full speed;
charge a person.
_habenas adducere_—to tighten the reins.
_habenas permittere_—to slacken the reins.
_admittere, permittere equum_—to give a horse the reins.
_frenos_[1] _dare equo_—to give a horse the reins.
_agitare equum_—to make a horse prance.
_moderari equum_—to manage a horse.
_equi consternantur_—the horses are panic-stricken, run away.
_equos incitatos sustinere_—to bring horses to the halt when at full
gallop.
[1] Cf. _frenos, calcaria alicui adhibere_, used metaphorically.