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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ennius|origins=la aequus}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ae̯ˈkʷaː.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [eˈkʷaː.lis]^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Forms==
+ '''aequālis''' (neuter aequāle, comparative aequālior, superlative aequālissimus, adverb aequāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|aequus|-ālis|t1=level, equal]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Ennius, in a tragedy, has a speaker fear the girls of the same age.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
+ 
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ Its early sense was of the same age, coeval, and as a noun a companion of one's own age or a contemporary, as Cicero uses it in the Brutus.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It also meant equal in size, amount or duration, as Cato's equal maniples, and symmetrical.^(OLD 2012) From there it meant equal in status or comparable in quality, level or even of a surface, and uniform or regular in texture, style or character: Horace says nothing was consistent in a certain man.^(OLD 2012) Applied to law it meant applying to all alike, as Cicero's equal right of the law.^(OLD 2012) The Vulgate uses it of Christ making himself equal to God.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ In medieval Latin it also meant level, smooth and straight, and as a noun a peer.^(MLW)^(Niermeyer 1976) [[en|equal]] is recorded in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Timeline==
+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of girls of the same age.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of equal maniples.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of contemporaries.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''equal'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # [[m|en|Equal]] in size, amount or duration; [[m|en|symmetrical]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # Of the same age; [[m|en|contemporary]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # Equal in status; comparable, similar.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Level, even, smooth.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)
+ # Uniform, regular, steady.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # Applying to all alike.^(OLD 2012)
+ 
+ ===Noun===
+ # A person of the same age, a companion; a contemporary.^(OLD 2012)
+ # An equal, ''(Medieval Latin)'' a peer.^(OLD 2012)^(Niermeyer 1976)
+ 
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[aequālitās]]
+ * [[coaequālis]]
+ * [[inaequālis]]
+ * [[aequāliter]]
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[aequābilis]]
+ * [[aequābilitās]]
+ * [[aequātiō]]
+ * [[aequātus]]
+ * [[aequē]]
+ * [[aequitās]]
+ * [[aequiter]]
+ * [[aequō]]
+ * [[aequum]]
+ * [[aequus]]
+ * [[en|equal]]
+ 
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}