aequus Latin · revision 4701

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈae̯.kʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɛː.kʷus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aequus''' (feminine aequa, neuter aequum, comparative aequior, superlative aequissimus, adverb aequē or aequiter); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ The old spellings are ''aiquom'', in the Senatus consultum de Bacchanalibus, and ''aecus'', in Pacuvius and Lucretius.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It probably goes back to a form [[m|la|*aikwos]], but there is no convincing etymology.^(de Vaan 2008) Lewis & Short report older comparisons with [[grc|ἔοικα|tr=éoika|t=to be like]] and with [[sa|एक|tr=éka|t=one]], and a link with [[aemulor]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Livius Andronicus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Livius Andronicus 280/260–before 200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it was first level, even or flat, as Caesar's level ground, then on a level with, equal in quantity or distance, evenly balanced, and matching.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) ''Aequa pars'' was a half.^(OLD 2012) Of laws and actions it meant fair or just, of people favourable or kindly, and of the mind calm and resigned: ''aequō animō'' “with equanimity”.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein says ''aequum'' is what is alike in its own parts, while [[pār]] is equal to something else.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In medieval Latin it kept the senses “equal, even” and “calm”.^(DMLBS)^(MLW) English ''equal'' comes from [[aequālis]] and ''equanimity'' from [[aequanimitās]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 280/260–before 200 BC – Livius Andronicus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of level ground.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''equal'' is recorded, from ''aequālis''.^(Etymonline)

+ * c. 1600 – English ''equanimity'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|Level]], even, flat.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # On a level (with); as high (as).^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|Equal]], ''aequa pars'', a half.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Evenly balanced.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Matching, alike.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|Fair]], just, reasonable.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Favourable, kindly (to).^(OLD 2012)

+ # Calm, unruffled, ''aequō animō'', with [[m|en|equanimity]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Reasonable, likely.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[aequābilis]]

+ * [[aequābilitās]]

+ * [[aequābiliter]]

+ * [[aequaevus]]

+ * [[aequālis]]

+ * [[aequālitās]]

+ * [[aequāliter]]

+ * [[aequanimitās]]

+ * [[aequanimiter]]

+ * [[aequanimus]]

+ * [[aequātiō]]

+ * [[aequātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[inīquus]]

+ * [[en|equal]]

+ * [[en|equanimity]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}