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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ae̯ˈkʷaː.bɪ.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [eˈkʷaː.bi.lis]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''aequābilis''' (neuter aequābile, adverb aequābiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[aequō]] “to make level, equal” with the suffix [[-bilis]], from [[aequus]] “level, equal”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's first source is Plautus, whom he dates c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010) The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant equal, in equal proportions, as in Cicero, and free from variation, uniform, steady, of motions and of conditions.^(OLD 2012) In Varro it meant of uniform texture, without irregularities, and in the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' equitable, fair.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short report the ancient distinction: ''aequālis'' is what is equal to another, ''aequābile'' what can be made equal.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ Alcuin and other British Medieval Latin writers used it for comparable.^(DMLBS) [[en|equable]] (1670s) is a back-formation from ''equability'' or from the Latin.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 86/82 BC – The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it of fairness.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of uniform motion.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1670s – English ''equable'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # Equal, proportionate.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Uniform, steady, [[m|en|equable]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # Smooth, even (in texture).^(OLD 2012)
+ # Fair, equitable.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[aequābilitās]]
+ * [[inaequābilis]]
+ * [[aequābiliter]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[aequālis]]
+ * [[aequālitās]]
+ * [[aequāliter]]
+ * [[aequāmentum]]
+ * [[aequātiō]]
+ * [[aequātus]]
+ * [[aequē]]
+ * [[aequitās]]
+ * [[aequiter]]
+ * [[aequō]]
+ * [[aequus]]
+ * [[en|equable]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}