aequabiliter Latin · revision 9831

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aequābiliter''' (comparative aequābilius, superlative aequābilissimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|aequābilis|-ter|t1=equal, uniform]], from [[m|la|aequō|t=to make level]] and [[m|la|aequus|t=level, equal]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan finds no convincing etymology for ⟨aequus⟩, probably from ⟨*aikwos⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Cato's ''Dē agrī cultūrā'', of equal proportions.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant in equal proportions, equally, as in Cato; in a regular manner, uniformly, and of style smoothly, as in Varro; without distinction, alike; and equitably, fairly, as in Cicero's ''frūmentum aequābiliter emere ab omnibus cīvitātibus'' “to buy corn fairly from all the communities”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of regularity.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # In equal proportions, [[m|en|equally]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|uniformly|alt=Uniformly]], regularly, ''(of style)'' smoothly.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Without distinction, alike.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|equitably|alt=Equitably]], fairly.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aequābilis]]

+ * [[aequābilitās]]

+ * [[aequāliter]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}