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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la aequus}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈae̯.kʷoː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɛː.kʷo]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''aequō''' (present infinitive aequāre, perfect active aequāvī, supine aequātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|aequus|-ō|t1=level, equal]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan finds no convincing etymology for ⟨aequus⟩, probably from ⟨*aikwos⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Among the OLD's earliest citations are Plautus and Lucretius.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to make level, even, smooth, as in Caesar's ''locum aequāre'' “to level the ground” and Catullus; to make even in number; to put on the same plane, as in Vitruvius; to straighten a line of troops, or draw level in a race, as in Livy; to match, to establish on equal terms, as in Caesar; to regard or represent as equal, liken, as in Livy; and to equal in size or number, or match, rival, as in Horace.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to make level, equal.^(Stelten 1995) English ''equate'' (early 15th century) is from its participle.^(Etymonline) It survives in Spanish ''eguar''.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of levelling ground.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of rivalling.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * early 15th century – English ''equate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To make [[m|en|level]], even, smooth.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To make even in number; to put on the same plane.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To straighten (a line); to draw level (in a race).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To establish on equal terms; to match.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To regard as equal, [[m|en|liken]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To equal, match, [[m|en|rival]].^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[adaequō]]
+ * [[aequābilis]]
+ * [[aequamen]]
+ * [[aequamentum]]
+ * [[aequātiō]]
+ * [[aequātor]]
+ * [[coaequō]]
+ * [[exaequō]]
+ * [[inaequō]]
+ * [[peraequō]]
+ * [[aequābilitās]]
+ * [[aequābiliter]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[aequē]]
+ * [[aequitās]]
+ * [[aequiter]]
+ * [[aequor]]
+ * [[aequum]]
+ * [[aequus]]
+ * [[en|equate]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}