exaequo Latin · revision 31966

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la aequus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɛkˈsae̯.kʷoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [eɡˈzɛː.kʷo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''exaequō''' (present infinitive exaequāre, perfect active exaequāvī, supine exaequātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ex-|aequō|t2=to make level, equal]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The verb [[m|la|aequō]] is made from [[m|la|aequus|t=level, equal]],^(de Vaan 2008) which probably goes back to ⟨*aikʷos⟩, though de Vaan finds no convincing etymology.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first example in the OLD is in Plautus, “we'll make up silver with silver”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to make completely level or smooth, as Varro's entrance levelled with plaster, and in the ''Bellum Hispaniense'' mounds made level with mounds.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It also means to make equal or put on the same footing, as Cicero's man who had made all rights equal for a price, to make up for something, and to be equal to or match, as in the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium''.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it “equal, make equal”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of making up silver with silver.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of a levelled entrance.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86/82 BC – The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' of syllables that match.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of rights made equal for a price.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To make level, smooth out.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To make [[m|en|equal]], put on the same footing.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|compensate]] for, make up for.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To equal, [[m|en|match]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[exaequātiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aequo|alt=aequō]]

+ * [[aequus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}