aequum
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈae̯.kũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.kʷum]
Etymology 1
Inflected form of aequus.
Adjective
aequum
- inflection of aequus:
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
- masculine accusative singular
Etymology 2
Substantive use of aequus (“level, even, equal”).
Noun
aequum n (genitive aequī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | aequum | aequa |
genitive | aequī | aequōrum |
dative | aequō | aequīs |
accusative | aequum | aequa |
ablative | aequō | aequīs |
vocative | aequum | aequa |
Related terms
References
- “aequum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aequum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to have an appreciative audience: populum facilem, aequum habere
- to judge some one equitably: aequum iudicem se alicui praebere
- (ambiguous) to endure a thing with (the greatest) sang-froid: aequo (aequissimo) animo ferre aliquid
- (ambiguous) justly and equitably: ex aequo et bono (Caecin. 23. 65)
- (ambiguous) to live with some one on an equal footing: aequo iure vivere cum aliquo
- (ambiguous) in a favourable position: idoneo, aequo, suo (opp. iniquo) loco
- to have an appreciative audience: populum facilem, aequum habere
- “aequum”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press