Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Numida

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

NUM'IDA. An outrider, or courier-à-cheval; a slave who rode before his master's carriage, to clear the way, announce his approach, or for the sake of ostentation; generally, a Numidian, a race of people who were famous for their horsemanship. Senec. Ep. 87. Ib. 123. Tac. Hist. ii. 40. Inscript. ap. Marin. Fr. Arv. p. 691.