aequaliter Latin · revision 9663

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la aequus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ae̯ˈkʷaː.lɪ.tɛr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [eˈkʷaː.li.ter]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aequāliter''' (comparative aequālius, superlative aequālissimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|aequālis|-ter|t1=equal, even]], an adverb; ⟨aequālis⟩ is from [[m|la|aequus|t=even, level]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Cicero, who has ''frūmentum aequāliter distribūtum'' “corn distributed in equal shares”.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to an equal extent, on a basis of equality, equally, and alike, impartially, as in Cicero and Livy; and uniformly, evenly, regularly, as in Cicero, Vitruvius and Caesar; in Tacitus also steadily, consistently.^(OLD 2012)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for equally, evenly, as in Bede.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of steadfastness.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # To an equal extent, [[m|en|equally]]; alike, [[m|en|impartially]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|uniformly|alt=Uniformly]], evenly, regularly.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Steadily, consistently.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aequālis]]

+ * [[aequus]]

+ * [[aequābiliter]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}