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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ae̯ˈkʷaː.lɪ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [eˈkʷaː.li.tas]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''aequālitās''' ''f'' (genitive aequālitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[aequālis]] “equal, of the same age” with the suffix [[-tās]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of equal degree, equal age and political equality.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant equality of amount, equal distribution, as in Quintilian, and in Cicero equal degree, equality of age, as ''aequālitās vestra'' “your being of the same age”, and equality of status or merit.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) From Seneca it meant uniformity of shape or texture, regularity of motion, settled weather, consistency of conduct, and evenness, smoothness of ground.^(OLD 2012) Cicero uses it of the evenness of style, ''similitūdō aequālitāsque verbōrum'', and Pliny of symmetry in a work of art.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant equality.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it of equality, including that of the persons of the Trinity, and of evenness.^(DMLBS) It survives in Spanish ''igualdad'' and Portuguese ''igualdade'', and [[en|equality]] came through Old French in the late 14th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of equality of age and status.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of uniformity.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of equal distribution.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''equality'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # Equality of amount or degree.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Equality of age.^(OLD 2012)
+ # [[m|en|Equality]] of status or merit.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Uniformity; regularity; consistency.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Evenness, smoothness; level ground.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Symmetry, proportion.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[aequābilis]]
+ * [[aequābilitās]]
+ * [[aequābiliter]]
+ * [[aequālis]]
+ * [[aequāliter]]
+ * [[aequāmentum]]
+ * [[aequātiō]]
+ * [[aequātus]]
+ * [[aequē]]
+ * [[aequitās]]
+ * [[aequus]]
+ * [[en|equality]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}