aequatio

Latin

Etymology

From aequō (make equal or level) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

aequātiō f (genitive aequātiōnis); third declension

  1. an equalization, equal distribution
  2. (mathematics) equation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative aequātiō aequātiōnēs
genitive aequātiōnis aequātiōnum
dative aequātiōnī aequātiōnibus
accusative aequātiōnem aequātiōnēs
ablative aequātiōne aequātiōnibus
vocative aequātiō aequātiōnēs

Descendants

  • Catalan: equació
  • English: equation
  • French: équation
  • Galician: ecuación
  • Italian: equazione
  • Portuguese: equação
  • Romanian: ecuație
  • Spanish: ecuación

References

  • aequatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • aequatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "aequatio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • aequatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.