English

Noun

aequalis

1. (grammar) The case conveying an equality with another noun, equivalent to "like" or "as" in English. This case is used in some languages like Inuktitut.

Latin

Etymology

From aequus ‎(“equal, even”) +‎ -ālis.^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aɪˈkʷaː.lis/

Adjective

aequālis m, f ‎(neuter aequāle); third declension

1. equal, like
2. comparable, contemporary
3. coeval, coexistent
4. similar, resembling in size or form
5. uniform, equable, unvarying

Inflection

Third declension.

Synonyms

• aequābiliter

Derived terms

• aequālitās
• aequāliter

Related terms

Descendants

References

• aequalis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aequalis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “aequalis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be a contemporary of a person: aequalem esse alicuius
    

1. ↑ “eguale, uguale” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, ISBN 978-88-00-20781-2